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Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2-based extensions in Edge (www.neowin.net)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The latest Edge Canary version started disabling Manifest V2-based extensions with the following message: "This extension is no longer supported. Microsoft Edge recommends that you remove it." Although the browser turns off old extensions without asking, you can still make them work by clicking "Manage extension" and toggling it back (you will have to acknowledge another prompt).

At this point, it is not entirely clear what is going on. Google started phasing out Manifest V2 extensions in June 2024, and it has a clear roadmap for the process. Microsoft's documentation, however, still says "TBD," so the exact dates are not known yet. This leads to some speculating about the situation being one of "unexpected changes" coming from Chromium. Either way, sooner or later, Microsoft will ditch MV2-based extensions, so get ready as we wait for Microsoft to shine some light on its plans.

Another thing worth noting is that the change does not appear to be affecting Edge's stable release or Beta/Dev Channels. For now, only Canary versions disable uBlock Origin and other MV2 extensions, leaving users a way to toggle them back on. Also, the uBlock Origin is still available in the Edge Add-ons store

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[–] [email protected] 94 points 2 months ago (14 children)

90% of people and corporations are either using Edge or Chrome and since there's essentially no difference between the two they are equally bad. We're back to a browser mono-culture, just like in the bad old days of Internet Explorer.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago (8 children)

It's not that bad yet. FF works on pretty much any site that's not demonstrating some sort of bleeding edge fuckery. I haven't seen a "best viewed in Chrome" for a decade or two.

Hopefully this sort of enshittification will drive more people to use other browsers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I've had some mandatory training sites specifically disallow Firefox. But I've also had some that only work on Firefox, so it evens out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've found Gmail really hates firefox, especially with VPN. I have to use one of those masking extensions. I've found that its basically locked me out of my student email.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hmm I haven't had any issues with my university gmail, I wonder if it's that specific college?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

They might be using a third party authenticator to control access. My own job does that. Though I've been told we're moving to Outlook soon.

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