Google looks to be fully shutting down unsupported extensions and ad blockers in Chrome – which might push some folks to switch to Firefox

psychothumbs@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Google looks to be fully shutting down unsupported extensions and ad blockers in Chrome – which might push some folks to switch to Firefox

Leaflet@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Misleading title. This is nothing new, just Manifest V2 being removed. Ad blockers like uBlock Origin Lite still work.

njm1314@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

While at the same time Firefox implodes

𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml · 2 months ago

The sad reality is, there was no significant change when they intentionally crippled the API to fight against ad blockers and there won’t be a significant change now.

AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

The average person doesn’t care. The average person doesn’t even know what a browser is. They think a browser is The Internet.

BigTechMustBurn@lemmy.ml · 2 months ago

They think Google is the internet. They will most likely type Google into the search bar to get to Google.