Google today reached the final milestone in a browser-extension transition that has been years in the making, all remaining Manifest V2 extensions were removed from the Chrome Web Store.
  • Midnitte@beehaw.orgEnglish
    24·
    3 hours ago

    All the more reason to switch to Firefox (and it’s derivatives) and support open web engines.

    • Powderhorn@beehaw.orgEnglish
      6·
      2 hours ago

      It’s hard to understand how anyone who was using uBO on Chrome was unaware this was coming. The Manifest V3 shit started years ago, and I expect uBO users to be more technically literate than the general public.

      • undefinedTruth@lemmy.zip
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        2 minutes ago

        I think you are underestimating how many people are using ad blockers these days, and from those how many are using uBO. It has been pretty much the default recommendation for many years now for anyone asking the tech savvy person in their family which ad blocker they should use.

  • eurodyne@piefed.worldEnglish
    12·
    2 hours ago

    Chrome? Is that some sort of computer program? I think I remember hearing about that a decade or two ago…

    I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who’s ever used it