Google Removes Manifest V2 Extensions
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Manifest V2 browser extensionsTechRadar
•Google looks to be fully shutting down unsupported extensions and ad blockers in Chrome – which might push some folks to switch to Firefox
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Google has removed the option to re-enable ad blockers built on Manifest V2 extensions in its Chrome browser.
The switch to use a disabled V2 extension is now greyed out in the Canary build of Chrome Canary .
You can no longer make the decision to enable uBlock Origin at all (in testing) What you get instead is a choice to bin the extension, or find an alternative.
Mozilla , the maker of Firefox , has vowed to maintain support for V2 .
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