If uBlock Origin and other extensions haven’t been taken away from you yet, they very soon will be—so it’s time to jump to a viable alternative ASAP. Going without an ad-blocker is a ...

Popular extensions like uBlock Origin, which are based on the Manifest V2 framework, will encounter compatibility problems with Chrome’s transition to Manifest V3. Google Chrome is prompting ...

As noted by uBlock Origin’s Raymond Hill on X (formerly Twitter), Google Chrome has begun disabling and suggesting the removal of extensions that are not updated for Manifest V3, as of Oct. 14.

If you don't want to use Firefox, there are some alternatives to uBlock Origin. uBlock Origin Lite works with Manifest V3, but it lacks some of the granular controls of the original uBlock Origin.

Google Chrome has begun to phase out uBlock Origin. The developer of the free ad blocker, Raymond Hill, recently reposted a screenshot that shows Chrome automatically turning off uBlock Origin ...

An update in Google Chrome's browser extension support is bad news for uBlock Origin. According to PCWorld, Chrome's shift from Manifest V2 to V3 is deprecating certain features that the popular ...

Google's Chrome Web Store is now warning that the uBlock Origin ad blocker and other extensions may soon be blocked as part of the company's deprecation of the Manifest V2 extension specification.

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.

And now, uBlock Origin is dead on Chrome (along with any other Manifest v2 extensions). I’m sure the fact that Google is the world’s biggest advertising company has nothing to do with it.

Accordingly, the full-fat version of uBlock Origin is still available. In fact, it’s the only version, because Mozilla’s missteps caused the death of uBlock Origin Lite. (Sigh.) ...