Google Chrome is looking to finish off the various bypasses that help uBlock Origin and other such MV2 extensions to keep functioning. Edge and Opera could soon follow too.

For a while now the transition away from Manifest V2 (MV2) to MV3 has been on-going and it looks like it is entering its final phase of deprecation, at least, in the case of Google Chrome. A recent discussion thread in the w3c WebExtensions Community Group GitHub repo has highlighted how the latest and upcoming versions of the most popular browser are expected to be its final releases with support for MV2 extensions.

What this essentially means is that the tricks and bypasses that were used to keep MV2 extensions like uBlock Origin and others alive will not work any more on Chrome, or at least not for very long. For example the Windows Registry mod that could extend MV2 availability will cease to function after Chromium version 151.

  • fizzle@quokk.auEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    Me.

    I use ungoogled chromium and librewolf, all day every day.

    Loada of sites just dont work in FF.

    • PieMePlenty@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      Loada of sites just dont work in FF.

      Which ones? I want to see for myself what I’m missing out on.

      • fizzle@quokk.auEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago
        • my uni’s LMS
        • my bank
        • the popular accounting software I use at work
        • the other accounting software I use at work
        • the time tracking software we use
        • google maps
        • accommodation booking site

        that’s just the stuff I can remember for the moment.

        • daggermoon@piefed.worldEnglish
          5·
          2 days ago

          Use an extension to spoof your user agent as Chrome and I bet at least some of them magically start working.

                • daggermoon@piefed.worldEnglish
                  1·
                  18 hours ago

                  Oh, not off the top of my head. I can recall at least twice when it worked for me but I can’t remember what sites I was visiting. My sister tried to access ticketmaster I think which was blocking her for some reason (She doesn’t use a VPN) so I told her to try a user agent switcher. It worked after switching her user agent to Chrome. I’m not saying they delibritly block Firefox but it worked in this instance.