Google ramps up its campaign against ad blockers on Chrome.
  • Google is transitioning Chrome’s extension support from the Manifest V2 framework to the V3.
  • This means users won’t be able to use uBlock Origin to block ads on Google Chrome.
  • However, there’s a new iteration of the app — uBlock Origin Lite, which is Manifest V3 compliant but doesn’t boast the original version’s comprehensive ad-blocking features.
  • m-p{3}A
    552·
    27 days ago

    On Android, Firefox for iOS doesn’t have addons because Apple.

    • maccentric@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      22·
      27 days ago

      The Orion browser has rudimentary support for Firefox extensions. UBlock origin seems to work for me. Best I’ve found for iOS

    • webghost0101@sopuli.xyz
      74·
      27 days ago

      For real the votes here have so much “well it works on my machine so you must be wrong”-energy

    • SorryQuick
      2·
      27 days ago

      It it because apple doesn’t want addons, or because firefox is forced to use webkit?

      • m-p{3}A
        3·
        27 days ago

        From what I understand, it’s mostly because they’re forced to use WebKit, and building a compatibility layer to make the existing addons to work within iOS constraints on top of WebKit would need a significant amount of work.

        My guess is that Mozilla is waiting on the engine restrictions to be lifted, but so far that will only happen in the European market with their alt stores.