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Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2-based extensions in Edge (www.neowin.net)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The latest Edge Canary version started disabling Manifest V2-based extensions with the following message: "This extension is no longer supported. Microsoft Edge recommends that you remove it." Although the browser turns off old extensions without asking, you can still make them work by clicking "Manage extension" and toggling it back (you will have to acknowledge another prompt).

At this point, it is not entirely clear what is going on. Google started phasing out Manifest V2 extensions in June 2024, and it has a clear roadmap for the process. Microsoft's documentation, however, still says "TBD," so the exact dates are not known yet. This leads to some speculating about the situation being one of "unexpected changes" coming from Chromium. Either way, sooner or later, Microsoft will ditch MV2-based extensions, so get ready as we wait for Microsoft to shine some light on its plans.

Another thing worth noting is that the change does not appear to be affecting Edge's stable release or Beta/Dev Channels. For now, only Canary versions disable uBlock Origin and other MV2 extensions, leaving users a way to toggle them back on. Also, the uBlock Origin is still available in the Edge Add-ons store

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, if you didn't see that writing on the wall you need your eyes testing.

No Chrome browser will be maintained to keep using Manifest V2.

Use Firefox.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 6 days ago (9 children)

What's Edge?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The browser you use to download Firefox

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago

The thing you use once to download firefox, and then never again.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They get you really close but stop just before finishing.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

'nough said!

[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Amarok? That was my favorite media player way back when

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Amarok is the other wolf. I know it looks deceptively similar.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago

itsthesamepicture.bmp

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 days ago (9 children)

Nooo, it is browser on my workplace! How should I work efficiently without uBlock!?!?

[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 days ago (11 children)

Tell IT and your boss how your productivity tanked since edge disabled uBlock.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 days ago

Click on all the ads and install all the malware. That will teach them.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Just in case you needed another reason not to use Edge.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 days ago

Chrome* or Chromium based browsers*

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Microsoft is a spineless removed.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Why is it that when I see removed, it's always from lemmy.ml, is that the only instance with the filter enabled

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 days ago (6 children)

people use edge? it downloads itself onto your computer without permission.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (10 children)

It integrates very well with your M365 you need at work, and it saves a ton of time when people can use SSO to basically get everything up and running immediately on a new laptop. Including bookmarks and passwords.

By default I install unblock on any user machine I touch because it's equal parts user experience and security.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

It didn't for me on Linux :^)

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Right, you don't need extensions, because you don't need customization, because what you need is what we the corp say you need.

I think Web as it exists is a failed branch of evolution.

A networked (solved) hypertext (solved) document (solved) system - yes. A networked hypertext system with one or two unbelievably complex clients, where only enormous corps have enough resources to change something, - no. One can add steps - E2E encryption, dynamic services, scripts, all not requiring a monolithic piece of nonsense.

BTW, those hating Flash, I hope, do realize that its proper, paradigm-abiding replacement would be a FOSS plugin with similar goal, not what we have.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 6 days ago (8 children)

Fancy firefox-based browser along the lines of Arc?

https://zen-browser.app/

Worth a look if you're a web power-user / developer sort of person

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Zen's glance feature allows you to view links without actually opening them.

I do not like the wording of this because you are opening it

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Librewolf on desktop Mull on Android

[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Mull is not maintained anymore. However there is a fork called IronFox.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Well shit... Thanks for the heads up!

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Perfect time to check out AdGuard Home. Trivial to install locally. Probably took less than 3 minutes to install and get it operating. Hardest part was updating my router config. (Goddamn Google WiFi!)

Then you can focus on getting a better browser. Support libre software and check out LibreWolf.