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NOT ENTIRELY TRUE. 🤦
MV2 extensions.
Ublock Origin Lite is MV3 based: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin-lite/ddkjiahejlhfcafbddmgiahcphecmpfh
Yes, it's not exactly the same, in how filters are embedded instead of updated separately.
In any case, this is part of Google's long (long, since 2018 or earlier?) transition to MV3.
So let's put down the pitchforks and Monster energy drinks for the moment. This isn't the attack on adblockers you think it is.
Google chose to make MV3 neutered in comparison to MV2. They could've found a way to allow the capabilities required for runtime adblocking. They chose not to.