- 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.
Next week: Over 30 million users pull the plug on Chrome, leaving Google execs to make the surprised Pikachu face and wonder aloud why millennials hate web browsers.
The sort of person who would sit through a Youtube ad or is still on Reddit won’t change. They’ll just get angry or perhaps not even notice.
Even if only a fraction of those kinds of users switch, that’s still millions of users chrome loses, and no longer get to make a buck off of.
I agree that every one counts but it won’t break Google’s profit margin.
Doesn’t have to. I’m quite content with google’s profits getting hurt even if it is a little bit.
That type of person didn’t use ublock to begin with. Anyone that did is going to be a Firefox user today.
Normal people are too lazy to care they are just going to get another ad blocking extension, even if it’s not as good as ublock.