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Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2-based extensions in Edge (www.neowin.net)
submitted 1 day 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] 34 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

Tell IT and your boss how your productivity tanked since edge disabled uBlock.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

So, unironically, I do plan to request Firefox with uBlock Origin as a reasonable accomodation for my ADHD if I'm not able to use it at a job in the future. Banner ads are genuinely distracting and I have a real disability that makes them worse for me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

This might actually reverse firefox's decline in userbase at least in the business world. Any shop that already has multi-OS management could probably insta-switch to firefox, and i'm sure that MS locked-in places could too given enough of a push by IT.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

I saw one guy from my it team use a browser without adblock. Please send help

[–] [email protected] 27 points 14 hours ago

Click on all the ads and install all the malware. That will teach them.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

🤭yea, and what are we gonna do against it?

We manage everything with azure group policies (therefore use all microsoft). we don’t want an extra system to manage the browser of the employees. Maybe corporations are save from that just a while longer than private user 🤔

[–] [email protected] 8 points 13 hours ago

Intune can manage Firefox add-ons btw, no need to use any extra systems.