Back in June, Google's Chrome Web Store began warning users of uBlock Origin who had developer-oriented versions of Chrome that the popular ad filtering extension could soon stop working.
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With the stable release of Chrome 127 on July 23, 2024, the entire spectrum of Chrome users could see the warning. A user of the content-blocking extension filed a GitHub issue about the message.
"This extension may soon no longer be supported because it does not follow best practices for Chrome extensions," the Chrome Web Store (CWS) notification banner explained.
But Google is too cautious in its language. uBlock Origin (uBO) will stop working entirely when Google Chrome drops support for Manifest v2 – which uBlock Origin and other extensions rely on to do their thing. When Manifest v2 is no longer supported by Chrome, uBlock Origin will not work at all – that's what Google should be telling users.
