Chrome now also blocks the adblocker µBlock – which can be reactivated with a few simple steps. The Mozilla developers have released Firefox versions 136, ESR 128.8 and ESR 115.21.

uBlock Origin still works fully on Firefox and other browsers that support Manifest V2. Google is removing older Chrome extensions as it rolls out the new Manifest V3 update.

Google's latest Chrome update has disabled several widely used ad-blocking extensions, including uBlock Origin. This comes with the search giant moving to a new extension framework, Manifest V3.

By shifting to Manifest V3, the API blocks an extension’s access to sensitive user data but the process of making the shift has resulted in Google disabling the full version of uBlock Origin ...

Google is disabling the original uBlock Origin ad blocker for more Chrome browser users, alongside other extensions that are no longer supported as the browser migrates to its new extension ...

uBlock Origin should still work as normal on Firefox, as Mozilla is not transitioning to the Manifest V3 standard. And on mobile there are ad-blocking options like Safari with the AdGuard extension.

Both the desktop and mobile versions of Mozilla Firefox still support uBlock Origin. (Image credit: Future) Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge are in the process of ending support for Manifest V2.

The popular ad blocking extension ' uBlock Origin ' relies on the functions of the extension specification 'Manifest V2', so it will become unusable when Google Chrome switches to Manifest V3 ...

In its post, uBlock recommends a move to Firefox and use of the extension uBlock Origin, a switch to a browser that will support Manifest v2, or downloading a different extension – uBlock Origin Lite, ...

uBlock Origin developer Raymond Hill has introduced a pared-down version of the popular adblocker called uBlock Origin Lite. It lacks many features such as dynamic filtering, element picker, filtering ...

The good news is that the full-fat version, uBlock Origin, is still there, so you can choose that. Hill has a detailed explanation of why and how uBlock Origin works best on Firefox. It's a snag, ...

Firefox joins the frenzy started by Chrome! Raymond Hill, one of the respected developers in the ad blocker world (known as gorhill on GitHub), announced that Mozilla’s automated code review detected ...