Google Chrome is killing more extensions than you think - is your old favorite on the list?
Google Chrome is killing more extensions than you think - is your old favorite on the list?
Google's Manifest V3 platform is clobbering many popular extensions. Here's why and what you can do about it.
One of my co-workers switched to UBlock Lite instead of UBlock Origin and now the ads are back.
Now he's working on switching to a non-Google browser.
Good job, Google. You have killed Google for yet another former customer.
You are not Google’s customer. You’re the product they sell to their customers.
Edit: Made this comment before refreshing the post to see the person above me. What they said.
I 'm forced to use Chrome on my work laptop and it is the worst browser (even before the disabling of Manifest V2), but for security I can't access many systems with even another chromium based browser . Funnily IT forces an extension on us and it isn't compatible with Manifest V3.
Stop. Using. Chrome.
Firefox is the way.
For crying out loud they’re not just targeting adblockers.
Join !librewolf@programming.dev folks!
Glad that I moved to firefox 4 months ago and then to zen browser last week to avoid plugins removal. Haven’t looked back
- Embrace
- Extend
- Extinguish <<< we are here
XMPP all over again.
The sad thing is that people will see this and still try to find a way to keep using chrome instead of just moving to a browser that actually respects them.
This is the list, for those who don't want to read it. I don't see Adguard Adblocker on there, surprisingly or SponsorBlock. Besides UBlock Origin, which is a staple extension of mine for all browsers and we've long knew about Google's approach to that. I haven't seen a lot of what I use/used on here. I don't even know most of these.
360 Ads Blocker Adblock Fast Awesome Bookmarks Button Block Ads Bookmark All Bookmark It Bookmark Lock Bookmark Manager Speed Dial Bookmark My Tabs Comodo Ad Blocker Comodo Online Security Pro Content Blocker Delicious Bookmark Bar Sync Domain Blocker Ethical AdBlock -- Ad Blocker Fast Bookmark Ghostery Private Search for Chrome Google Ad Blocker Google Privacy Shade Hover Zoom+ Little Bookmark Box Location Guard MalwareAI Browser Security Pinboard Bookmark Bar Sync Popup Fixer Privacy Cleaner Privacy Extension Private Bookmarker Private Bookmarks Simple Site Blocker Touch VPN Trump Blocker TunnelBear Blocker Website Blocker Wikipedia Popup YouTube Anywhere RemoteI don't know if it's related, but an extension we use at work called Redirector was just disabled a few weeks ago for being "unsupported." It's the only reason I even used Chrome, so I guess I can go back to Safari. At home I only use Firefox.
If you’re talking about the extension that looks like an R with a green arrow, the author passed away a couple years ago. https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector/issues/329
The repo has a new maintainer but there’s been no new releases since the maintainer doesn’t have access to the extension release pages. No surprise that a MV3 version hasn’t been worked on.
It still works on Firefox, though.
Pushbullet is also dead. ☹️
That's a name I haven't heard in a long long time. I thought it died due to it being a privacy nightmare or something. There was some controversy at least.
Hasn't it been dead for years? You can probably get the same functionality with other apps, depending on what you use it for.
For reals please don’t use chrome it’s a terrible browser
I'm guessing not since I don't use google chrome and haven't for a while.
Yeah they essentially killed about half the extensions I use. I have to use the browser for work.
Nope. Cloud to Butt still works for me.
Forgot about cloud to butt. We might need AI to butt with a backwards compatible blockchain to butt nowadays.
I used to use Selenium extension on Chrome to test my applications for Chrome compatibility. Chrome said they are disabling it now. Do you not want web applications to be easily tested for Chrome compatibility, Google?
They are probably moving to Chrome DevTools Protocol or WebDriver BiDi
Zen Browser on Mac and Orion on iOS. ublock origin and NextDNS on for both - no ads, no adblocker detected. Ever.
I'm just worried about how zdnet presumes to know what I think.
Google kills things, that's what they do. They can get fucked.
One of the extensions blocked is called "Trump blocker" - looks like they are getting into arse kissing too
It's not blocked because of the "Trump" bit though, right? It's because it's not a manifest V3 extension
I only care about adblocking, so ControlD+Brave for me.
No