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1. uBlock Origin (Firefox, Edge) (Image credit: Ublock Origin) uBlock Origin is a browser-based ad blocker that focuses on simple, efficient blocking with a low resource overhead.

The manufacturers are plugging security gaps in Mozilla's Firefox and Thunderbird as well as in Chrome. Chrome also deactivates µBlock.

What is uBlock Origin? uBlock Origin is a free and open-source ad blocker and content-filtering extension for web browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari.

This makes Firefox a viable option for those users who want to keep using powerful ad blockers like uBlock Origin without the new restrictions imposed by Google.

Google is disabling uBlock Origin and other Chrome extensions as part of its upgrade to its Manifest V3 browser extension system.

Mozilla says that Firefox will continue offering both extension specifications, however, potentially giving uBlock Origin users a new browser to relocate to.

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.

Extensions that use Manifest V3, including uBlock Origin, will soon stop working on Microsoft Edge.

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, ...

Multiple users on Reddit are reporting that their Ublock Origin adblocker was turned off this week, and the extension is no longer available on the Chrome Web Store.