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Chrome will block one of its biggest ad blockers (www.pcworld.com)

submitted 3 months ago by remington to c/technology

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uBlock Origin will soon stop functioning in Chrome as Google transitions to new browser extension rules.

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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

i use firefox (and you should too) but they're blocking ubo, which as not updated to mv2 - ubo lite still works.

[–] ivn@jlai.lu 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes but that's not the same. Because of Chrome limitation it can't update it's blocklist directly. You have to update the whole extension to update the blocklist and that goes through Google validation in the Chrome store. It adds delay and Google could even refuse some updates. The blocklist is also shorter because not all filter rules are supported.

[–] VaalaVasaVarde@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago

Sounds like ubo lite could end up blocking everything else than Google, unless of course the ad companies pay Google to force ubo lite to remove them from the list.