Android Police

uBlock Origin 'deprecation' begins in Chrome Web Store

Nathan is a tech journalist from Canada who spends too much money on gadgets. You can find his work on Android Police, Digital Trends, iMore, Mobile Syrup and ZDNET. Nathan studied journalism at ...
Android Police

uBlock Origin lives on despite Chrome automatically disabling it for some users

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...
Gizmodo

Google Is Hobbling Popular Ad Blocker uBlock Origin on Chrome

Users of the popular uBlock Origin extension on Google Chrome might need to make the switch to a new browser. Or maybe cave and subscribe to YouTube Premium ...
Android Authority

Do you use uBlock Origin on Chrome? You'll soon have to use another ad blocker

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 users to ...
Bleeping Computer

Google warns uBlock Origin and other extensions may be disabled soon

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.
Android Authority

Your favorite Chrome extensions may be going away — here's what you need to do

The Chrome browser will soon stop supporting some of its best extensions. This includes popular ad-blocker extensions like uBlock Origin. Google recommends switching to extensions that will be ...
Wired

Google Chrome’s uBlock Origin Purge Has Begun

In what may be a first, the US Department of Justice this week charged a hacker with attempting to cause injury and death by launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against hospitals.
Benzinga.com

Google's Chrome Changes Disable uBlock Origin For Even More Users —Can You Still Block Ads?

Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google has begun disabling uBlock Origin and other extensions that rely on its outdated Manifest V2 framework, leaving millions of Chrome users scrambling ...
TechSpot

Google is purging ad-blocking extension uBlock Origin from the Chrome Web Store

Bottom line: After years of delaying the adoption of Manifest V3, Google is now moving forward and accelerating the process. Soon, users will have to choose between accepting Chrome's inferior ...
9to5google

Google Chrome’s extension upgrades break uBlock Origin

The ad-blocker, uBlock Origin, is being automatically disabled in Google Chrome for users. This lapse in support is due to Chrome’s move to a new manifest version. Ad-blockers are more targeted lately ...
Neowin

uBlock Origin developer recommends switching to uBlock Lite as Chrome flags the extension

Google Chrome users with the uBlock Origin extension installed started noticing that the browser flagged the extension as "soon to be unsupported." Here is why this happens and what to do with it.
Bleeping Computer

Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled

Google Chrome is now encouraging uBlock Origin users who have updated to the latest version to switch to other ad blockers before Manifest v2 extensions are disabled. As uBlock Origin lead developer ...