AD BLOCKERS BREAKING
What is going on?
As you may have noticed web sites became increasingly more aggressive about you blocking ads and will try and stop you. Why? Money, advertisers pay sites, and when you block ads, it cuts into their revenue. By removing the ability to block ads, Google ensures you see them. They are changing the Chrome Extensions platform so that it prevents add blocking and removes privacy extensions abilities.
Manifest V3 is the latest version of the Chrome extension platform, designed to replace Manifest V2, it represents a shift towards a "more secure and efficient extension ecosystem", but not without significant growing pains concerning functionality, especially for extensions focused on privacy and ad-blocking.
In laymen's terms, they want to sell your information and to feed you ads.
These change does not only affect Chrome browsers it changes things on cell phones, tablets, PCs, and Apple devices. Affected browsers include:
This essentially means if it is on the internet it will use Manifest V3. So you need a new method... or... perhaps an old one.
Personally, I use a Pi-hole and Brave browser. After Google was found manipulating search results for political reasons, I stopped using their products. Brave has its own search engine, along with built-in ad-blocking and security features.
- January 2023:
- Chrome Web Store stopped accepting new Manifest V2 extensions.
- Existing Manifest V2 extensions could still be updated but no new V2 submissions allowed.
- June 2023:
- Chrome stopped running Manifest V2 extensions under the "enterprise" environment, except for users with special policies in place.
- January 2024:
- Chrome will stop running Manifest V2 extensions for all users.
- Only Manifest V3 extensions will be allowed in the Chrome browser.
Manifest V3 is the latest version of the Chrome extension platform, designed to replace Manifest V2, it represents a shift towards a "more secure and efficient extension ecosystem", but not without significant growing pains concerning functionality, especially for extensions focused on privacy and ad-blocking.
In laymen's terms, they want to sell your information and to feed you ads.
These change does not only affect Chrome browsers it changes things on cell phones, tablets, PCs, and Apple devices. Affected browsers include:
- Google Chrome (Google's original Chromium-based browser)
- Microsoft Edge
- SRWare Iron
- Yandex Browser
- Comodo Dragon
- Torch
- Epic Privacy Browser
- Slimjet
- Ungoogled Chromium
- Cent Browser
- Colibri
- Safari Browser (apple and PC)
- Firefox – Mozilla is transitioning to Manifest V3 but will keep many features from Manifest V2, particularly for content blockers. They won't enforce all the V3 restrictions imposed by Chrome.
- Brave – Brave, also Chromium-based, opposes V3's limitations on ad blockers and privacy tools. They plan to modify the browser to maintain effective content blocking.
- Vivaldi – Vivaldi aims to keep content blockers functional, even during Chrome's shift to Manifest V3. They may continue supporting some V2 features longer than Google Chrome.
- Opera – While Chromium-based, Opera hasn’t clearly stated its stance but is likely to implement changes similar to Brave and Vivaldi to preserve ad-blocking functionality.
This essentially means if it is on the internet it will use Manifest V3. So you need a new method... or... perhaps an old one.
Personally, I use a Pi-hole and Brave browser. After Google was found manipulating search results for political reasons, I stopped using their products. Brave has its own search engine, along with built-in ad-blocking and security features.
