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Darren Allan

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

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Google is set to clamp down even further on using certain unsupported extensions, most notably ad blockers, with its Chrome browser, given a new move in testing.

As spotted by Leopeva64, a regular leaker of browser-related info on X, there’s a change in the Canary (early test) build of Chrome whereby Google has entirely stripped away the ability to use Manifest V2 browser extensions, such as uBlock Origin, a popular ad blocker.

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