Google ramps up its campaign against ad blockers on Chrome.
  • Google is transitioning Chrome’s extension support from the Manifest V2 framework to the V3.
  • This means users won’t be able to use uBlock Origin to block ads on Google Chrome.
  • However, there’s a new iteration of the app — uBlock Origin Lite, which is Manifest V3 compliant but doesn’t boast the original version’s comprehensive ad-blocking features.
  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    251·
    8 months ago

    I have said this in other threads about this issue in response to all the “use Firefox” comments.

    Thousands upon thousands of school children are currently using Chromebooks they get from their schools. Now they will be forced to look at ads.

    • CafecitoHippo@lemm.eeEnglish
      13·
      8 months ago

      Now they will be forced to look at ads.

      I’m pretty sure they would’ve been seeing ads anyways. I doubt that school IT administrators had uBlock Origins as an extension that was being installed and I really doubt they didn’t have the chromebooks locked down so students could install whatever extensions they wanted.

      • madcaesar@lemmy.world
        9·
        8 months ago

        Good, smart IT would have installed ublock and locked that shit down. Saves bandwidth and protects the kids.

        But you’re probably right, most IT departments are useless.

    • atocci@lemmy.world
      3·
      8 months ago

      I was done with school before giving out computers to students was the norm, but my brother’s school district seems to be issuing Surface Laptops instead of Chromebooks. With Firefox preinstalled.