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Google is Killing uBlock Origin in Chrome
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this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2026
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They disabled it with flags, but manifest V2 still existed in the code and could be enabled. This is about Google now removing V2 from the code. That will make it harder for third party browsers to include V2, since they would need to patch it back in and develop new patches to keep it working.
The point was made very strongly at the time. Don't use a Google driven chrome project. You don't have that issue on Firefox or its forks.
I have NO idea why Firefox has such a low adoption rate. I've been using it ever since Netscape Navigator was outdated and ive never had issues with it. uBlock Origin on mobile, baby!
It used to freeze up a lot; and, then, you lost all tabs, if it did. That's why I'd stopped using it and switched to Chrome, back in the day.
With all the crap Google's doing, I tried Firefox out again something like 5 or 7 years ago and it's now better than what Chrome offers (for me, of course; I'd've probably still switched, anyway, just to deGoogle my life further).
I do find it starts to massively lag when I get to a certain number of tabs/windows; but Chrome doesn't seem to ever shut off my CPU fans under the same level of load so not like it gets a leg up.