Google will disable classic extensions in Chrome in the coming months

So you are just using the AdGuard browser extension? Or the full Windows suite?

 

Using the paid Windows application and the Browser Assistant that is meant to go with it. Not the free browser extension that is stand alone.

 

Thanks Jack. Appreciate the feedback.

 

i could use the paid windows build, but currently there is no need since decades before. adguard mv3 is nice. currently edge only, which is not often in use here, but for my working account. i never investigated into its deeper features because running smooth. nevertheless i had to reset my android premium build on to phones because something got broken (i use the nightly build). different story.
what i can say that "consent-o-matic" has settled on mv3 now and its still working like charm. firefox already can use mv3 extensions - and there are in store - but the "service worker" is still in development, so adguard mv3 is not usable thus not available for firefox.

 

@nicolaasjan

I read the thread you opened on MT.
In the Microsoft Store, the MV2 extensions have not lost the featured badge yet.
Example below of AdGuard Adblocker still MV2:

https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/adguard-adblocker/pdffkfellgipmhklpdmokmckkkfcopbh

 

https://www.ghacks.net/2024/07/29/a...ions-may-soon-no-longer-be-supported-message/

 

I'm curious how much longer suppliers of browserextensions will simultaneoesly offer a MV2 and a MV3 version. A sign in the direction that MV2 will not survive, is the new Malwarebytes Browser Guard MV3. They say: "A similar change in Firefox is coming soon".
View Google Manifest V3 and Malwarebytes Browser Guard | Malwarebytes

 

It all depends if browsers like Firefox, Vivaldi and Brave will continue to support MV2. Of course most extensions will have no problems functioning with MV3, but it's all about the adblockers, that's what people are worried about. I don't see why Gorhill couldn't keep developing the MV2 version of uBlock and make it available via his own website. I suppose Adblock Plus and Ghostery won't bother to do this.

 

The following excerpt is from Mozilla, March 13, 2024. I've not found anything that contradicts it.

https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manifest-v2-march-2024-update/

And reiterated on May 14, 2024:

https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/05/14/manifest-v3-updates/

 

mv3 for firefox has not that limitations as for chromium based. for malwarebytes - mv3 has the same ability as mv2 for their extension(s), for users it has no impact. mv3 most times concern extensions using the webrequest api, not context menu or other functions, eg clippings, tabs in sidebar and many other different. you will be astonished how many mv3 extensions already exist on amo. (they are not marked as those)

 

I disable Chrome updating and I'm still on version 126. I had a couple of extensions disabled and one was replaced by a different one. But so far UBlock Origin is still working on Chrome and Edge. Has anyone had UBO stop working yet?

 

that wont help you out, google will disable your mv2 extensions from server side. there exist a blacklist which is send to all chromium browsers, also edge, that will disable such extensions - and you cannot block it. Also mozilla has this killswitch to disable malicious extensions.
and very important - there exist no security software to fill the vulnerabilities in your outdated browser, and there are a lot of odays on the run.

 

https://www.ghacks.net/2024/11/28/g...er-available-for-chrome-but-that-is-not-true/

 

Very sad, there will be no ad-blocker , since it was neutered by GOO slime.
Now is adguard trust worthy?
Please, trust who?

 

For me it's simple. I'm on Chrome's extended support right now; when that ends I'm switching to Firefox. uBlock Origin is simply too good to give up. I don't really like the idea of getting used to a new browser all over again but I've don't it before and the world didn't end.

 

i wont carve this into stone. ublock might end up suddenly because uBoL is the next gen "ublock" adblocker. firefox market share is not that much, even lesser its forkes.

currently adguard v5 (MV3) is the superior blocker based on mv3 for chromium based, the team is amazing and full on support. then AdLock may have my focus, the rest - maybe, maybe not, depends on user needs.

adguard is 99% ublock compatible, also for "my rules", whitelist. it has a decent picker, a logger.

nevertheless i also switched for firefox (my main browser) to adguard as i dont see a future to ublock for firefox that way. switching to firefox has advantage i would say, but for users which are more familiar with chrome that step is not that easy.

 

Chrome 138,release date June 24,is the last version to support MV2 extensions if the "ExtensionManifestV2Availability" policy is present.
With Chrome 139 release date August 5,support for MV2 extensions will be removed from Chrome.

https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate/mv2-deprecation-timeline?hl=en

 

I don't know why extension creators don't just update to v3. Most have updated, I don't know what the problem is with those who haven't.

 

However in the current Chromium Developer build 139.0.7216.0, MV2 extensions still work here.

 

I assume that MV2 support will be turned off in some sub-build to be released soon.
Instead, it is interesting to consider Gorhill's request to take over from Nik Rolls in the Microsoft Store.
This makes me assume that uBlock Origin MV2 for Chromium will be developed even after the withdrawal of Mv2 support in Chrome.
Probably because of Edge/Opera having their own Extensions Store.

uBlock Origin in the Microsoft Store is always “featured”.


And because of Brave/Vivaldi's statements.

Time will tell if these assumptions will be accurate.

 

It is probably difficult to impossible for some of them to duplicate some of their current functionality.

 

Probably the ones with ad blockers. I suspect that Google's whole motivation for doing this.

 

It was entirely their motivation for doing this. I wish they didn't own YouTube.

 

And even when they are successful, the many hacks they have to use make these extensions more "MV2-like" are more dependent on savvy developers to maintain functionality and stability, e.g. I've used Adguard MV3 in the past and I find it suffers performance-wise from all these efforts.

 

we all will die with mv2. sncr

ok. seriously now. some extensions are quick shots. a fork, or reduced, whatever. some of them were created one-time-one, author dont care. some of them are poorly supported, or author has a real live.

from my experience - it is not easy to convert MV2 to MV3. "service worker" is the keyword. and it has limitations which may beyond knowledge - me included.

well, for me i would be a pity to lose adguard mv2 because of the latest limitations. but i have read they are working on it with positive empowerment.

as i dont use chrome, more edge, i need to evaluate all current extension here - which of them i would loose. if not adguard, then stylus with its css styling of pages. i have in mind that they are working on a solution.

ps. chrome dev and mv2 - expect the unexpected. may have sudden death. "dev" includes that you can handle its full features - which is ofc "dev-elopment", if so, then daily would be the better chose.