+Edouard Subscriber² Posted February 19 Subscriber² Share Posted February 19 Google have killed UBlock Origin on their browser...for me at least. We knew it was coming but it's a shock. Already changed default browser to Firefox and downloading Brave as my secondary browser. aberg, Werct, +thexfile and 3 others 4 2 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1451849-its-happened-chrome-killed-ublock-origin/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thexfile Subscriber² Posted February 19 Subscriber² Share Posted February 19 Looks like Microsoft Edge is still working with uBlock Origin...for now. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1451849-its-happened-chrome-killed-ublock-origin/#findComment-598968087 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted February 19 MVC Share Posted February 19 Was it the regular version or the lite version? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1451849-its-happened-chrome-killed-ublock-origin/#findComment-598968089 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circaflex Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 On 19/02/2025 at 00:46, Edouard said: Google have killed UBlock Origin on their browser...for me at least. We knew it was coming but it's a shock. Already changed default browser to Firefox and downloading Brave as my secondary browser. you can switch to a system wide adblocker like AdGuard and still use Chrome. olavinto and devHead 2 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1451849-its-happened-chrome-killed-ublock-origin/#findComment-598968107 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Eternal Tempest MVC Posted February 19 MVC Share Posted February 19 If your feeling adventurous, you can use a raspberry pi (3b works great) and make a pi-hole server for your home network for free.https://pi-hole.net/ Note - It does not block youtube ads. DarkTorizo, neonwizard and Sikh 3 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1451849-its-happened-chrome-killed-ublock-origin/#findComment-598968109 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggers Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Still working on a Win 10 box with uBlock origin 1.62 and Chrome 133.0.6943.127 When you say "killed", does it just not start or ? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1451849-its-happened-chrome-killed-ublock-origin/#findComment-598968125 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good Bot, Bad Bot Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 (edited) On 19/02/2025 at 10:07, Circaflex said: you can switch to a system wide adblocker like AdGuard and still use Chrome. Or just not use a browser that is not hostile to users and doesn't respect their privacy. On 19/02/2025 at 10:13, Eternal Tempest said: If your feeling adventurous, you can use a raspberry pi (3b works great) and make a pi-hole server for your home network for free.https://pi-hole.net/ Note - It does not block youtube ads. Another box just to block ads seems like over kill when can just use uBlock Origin in Firefox (that also blocks Youtube ads). eilegz, snowy owl and Sikh 2 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1451849-its-happened-chrome-killed-ublock-origin/#findComment-598968158 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Scrip Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 I'm still using uBlock Origin on the latest current version of Chrome... 133.0.6943.127 on Windows 11 Home. It's still blocking ads for me. Does this mean that you cannot download the extension anymore? But because I already had it installed it keeps working? 🤔 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1451849-its-happened-chrome-killed-ublock-origin/#findComment-598968177 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Eternal Tempest MVC Posted February 19 MVC Share Posted February 19 On 19/02/2025 at 12:31, Good Bot, Bad Bot said: Another box just to block ads seems like over kill when can just use uBlock Origin in Firefox (that also blocks Youtube ads). Firefox is my preferred browser personally . A benefit (depending on your block lists) is non-pc’s devices, including PlayStation/Xbox (telemetry), mobile devices (apps that run on them) gain a base level of ad blocking while on your network. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1451849-its-happened-chrome-killed-ublock-origin/#findComment-598968284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Edouard Subscriber² Posted February 19 Author Subscriber² Share Posted February 19 On 20/02/2025 at 01:10, Warwagon said: Was it the regular version or the lite version? It was the regular version. Google also killed AutoPlayStopper which is a shame. I'd been using that for years. On 20/02/2025 at 02:07, Circaflex said: you can switch to a system wide adblocker like AdGuard and still use Chrome. Yes, that's an option. I'm aware of AdGuard but have never really taken a close look. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1451849-its-happened-chrome-killed-ublock-origin/#findComment-598968285 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Edouard Subscriber² Posted February 19 Author Subscriber² Share Posted February 19 On 20/02/2025 at 02:13, Eternal Tempest said: If your feeling adventurous, you can use a raspberry pi (3b works great) and make a pi-hole server for your home network for free.https://pi-hole.net/ Note - It does not block youtube ads. Not sure I'm that adventurous to be honest. YT ads aren't an issue as we're YT Premium subscribers and have been since it was called YT Red. We watch a lot of YT and use YT Music as our music streaming service so it's a no brainer for us. Bern@rd 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1451849-its-happened-chrome-killed-ublock-origin/#findComment-598968289 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Edouard Subscriber² Posted February 19 Author Subscriber² Share Posted February 19 On 20/02/2025 at 02:54, Riggers said: Still working on a Win 10 box with uBlock origin 1.62 and Chrome 133.0.6943.127 When you say "killed", does it just not start or ? When I opened Chrome a pop up informed me that UBlock Origin and AutoPlayStopper had been turned off and Google recommended I uninstall them. On 20/02/2025 at 05:21, Michael Scrip said: I'm still using uBlock Origin on the latest current version of Chrome... 133.0.6943.127 on Windows 11 Home. It's still blocking ads for me. Does this mean that you cannot download the extension anymore? But because I already had it installed it keeps working? 🤔 I had it installed. Refer to my response to @Riggers Riggers 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1451849-its-happened-chrome-killed-ublock-origin/#findComment-598968290 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Edouard Subscriber² Posted February 19 Author Subscriber² Share Posted February 19 On 20/02/2025 at 09:40, Eternal Tempest said: Firefox is my preferred browser personally . A benefit (depending on your block lists) is non-pc’s devices, including PlayStation/Xbox (telemetry), mobile devices (apps that run on them) gain a base level of ad blocking. I'm now using FF on mobile with ad blocker and have set it to default. Hopefully, Mozilla sync is as excellent as Google Chrome sync. I was using Brave a lot on mobile but will give FF a go now given the sync with desktop hopes. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1451849-its-happened-chrome-killed-ublock-origin/#findComment-598968293 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggers Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Well, I spoke to soon 😒 ###### Google just switched off uBlock origin and no way to turn it back on. It`s just a test box for some stuff (main box is Fx) so I`ve placed the lite version on...we`ll see how it goes! +Edouard 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1451849-its-happened-chrome-killed-ublock-origin/#findComment-598968382 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrobwx71 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 I got the message on multiple PC's at work and simply turned it back on. It is still blocking ads but there is a small note in the ublock setting that says "The extension may soon no longer be supported". I see the same behavior on multiple Win 11 PC's Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1451849-its-happened-chrome-killed-ublock-origin/#findComment-598968384 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Edouard Subscriber² Posted February 21 Author Subscriber² Share Posted February 21 On 20/02/2025 at 23:25, Riggers said: Well, I spoke to soon 😒 ###### Google just switched off uBlock origin and no way to turn it back on. It`s just a test box for some stuff (main box is Fx) so I`ve placed the lite version on...we`ll see how it goes! Ugh, ba**ards! I wonder how they're rolling this out. I'm also surprised that there is no tech site coverage of this. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1451849-its-happened-chrome-killed-ublock-origin/#findComment-598968561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Edouard Subscriber² Posted February 21 Author Subscriber² Share Posted February 21 On 20/02/2025 at 23:51, xrobwx71 said: I got the message on multiple PC's at work and simply turned it back on. It is still blocking ads but there is a small note in the ublock setting that says "The extension may soon no longer be supported". I see the same behavior on multiple Win 11 PC's Yes, that's the message I've had on my two W10 laptops for a couple of months. The other day though, Google flicked the switch. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1451849-its-happened-chrome-killed-ublock-origin/#findComment-598968562 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrobwx71 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) On 20/02/2025 at 22:29, Edouard said: Yes, that's the message I've had on my two W10 laptops for a couple of months. The screenshot is from yesterday and clearly shows it's on and working. On 20/02/2025 at 22:29, Edouard said: The other day though, Google flicked the switch. And I turned it back on. Are you saying you cannot turn yours back on? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1451849-its-happened-chrome-killed-ublock-origin/#findComment-598968600 Share on other sites More sharing options...
olavinto Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) It's not really about "killing" anything specific. It is about Manifest v3 (https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate/what-is-mv3) being enforced for all extensions now. This has been coming for over two years, and uBlock Origin Lite is based on MV3: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin-lite/ddkjiahejlhfcafbddmgiahcphecmpfh. Google even postponed this about years ago when it was first supposed to become a requirement. For some ad blocking insight you can read AdGuard's comments about it: https://adguard.com/en/blog/chrome-manifest-v3-where-we-stand.html. +primortal 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1451849-its-happened-chrome-killed-ublock-origin/#findComment-598968653 Share on other sites More sharing options...
turinglives Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 I dropped Chrome when it started glitching with my preset tabs. Never managed to fix it, no matter how much troubleshooting I did. Only option was to nuke and reinstall. I gave it a lot of chances but in the end I never got it to work right. Firefox never had that problem, so I switched back to it (was my default in my college years). Haven't looked back since. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1451849-its-happened-chrome-killed-ublock-origin/#findComment-598968676 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eilegz Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 time to switch to firefox Nick H., turinglives, satukoro and 2 others 5 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1451849-its-happened-chrome-killed-ublock-origin/#findComment-598968680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
olavinto Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Manifest v3 is not just a Chromium thing, and it applies to all browsers. However Mozilla has decided to retain Manifest v2 support, at least for now. This will probably change at some point since most extension devs probably aren't interested in maintaining separate extensions for Chromium and Firefox. I'm also a Firefox user, so I am not arguing against it at all, just pointing out that soon we may not have anything but MV3 based extensions available. Sikh 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1451849-its-happened-chrome-killed-ublock-origin/#findComment-598968750 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Edouard Subscriber² Posted February 22 Author Subscriber² Share Posted February 22 On 22/02/2025 at 00:01, xrobwx71 said: Are you saying you cannot turn yours back on? You know what, I don't know. The pop up told me UBlock Origin no longer works and I should remove it so given I knew this was coming I didn't even explore that option. I removed it. Either way, this was happening at some point but your point is valid. I could have checked and maybe extended the staus quo for a few months. On 22/02/2025 at 03:21, olavinto said: It's not really about "killing" anything specific. It is about Manifest v3 (https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate/what-is-mv3) being enforced for all extensions now. This has been coming for over two years, and uBlock Origin Lite is based on MV3: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin-lite/ddkjiahejlhfcafbddmgiahcphecmpfh. Google even postponed this about years ago when it was first supposed to become a requirement. For some ad blocking insight you can read AdGuard's comments about it: https://adguard.com/en/blog/chrome-manifest-v3-where-we-stand.html. Yes, we are aware. This site has covered this extensively. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1451849-its-happened-chrome-killed-ublock-origin/#findComment-598968764 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Edouard Subscriber² Posted February 22 Author Subscriber² Share Posted February 22 On 22/02/2025 at 04:33, turinglives said: I dropped Chrome when it started glitching with my preset tabs. Never managed to fix it, no matter how much troubleshooting I did. Only option was to nuke and reinstall. I gave it a lot of chances but in the end I never got it to work right. Firefox never had that problem, so I switched back to it (was my default in my college years). Haven't looked back since. Ok, fair enough. For me, Google Chrome has been the superior browser when it comes to sync between my browser, GMail, YouTube which I live on and my Google Pixel phone. I begrudgenly am now using FF again. It has been several years but after taking the time to set up FF it is more than capable. I'm keeping Chrome for YouTube, YouTube Music and GMail but my daily driver is now Firefox. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1451849-its-happened-chrome-killed-ublock-origin/#findComment-598968766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Edouard Subscriber² Posted February 22 Author Subscriber² Share Posted February 22 On 22/02/2025 at 09:51, olavinto said: Manifest v3 is not just a Chromium thing, and it applies to all browsers. However Mozilla has decided to retain Manifest v2 support, at least for now. This will probably change at some point since most extension devs probably aren't interested in maintaining separate extensions for Chromium and Firefox. I'm also a Firefox user, so I am not arguing against it at all, just pointing out that soon we may not have anything but MV3 based extensions available. Not sure it will change unless FF gains majorly in desktop market share. The reason Google pays Mozilla half a billion dollars a year is to show global regulators that Chrome isn't a monopoly. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1451849-its-happened-chrome-killed-ublock-origin/#findComment-598968767 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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