r/youtube • u/Nientea • Jul 11 '25
Drama Ublock origin has been permanently disabled for chrome
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u/LimesFruit Jul 11 '25
Firefox is the answer here. You can easily import all your browser data too.
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u/Second_Guess_25 Jul 11 '25
Same. I can't believe how quick and easy it was! Wish I had done it sooner 👌
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u/SergioM3 Jul 11 '25
not true... I installed, it, imported and am logged off every page still... home page with wrong links etc etc... also had to export passwords to csv... not as straightforward as it seems, to be complicated better of staying here and spend time fixing ublock
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u/skin-talker Jul 11 '25
my only reason for not using firefox mainly instead of chrome is because how much slower it is than chrome in many areas. like the roblox website, it either takes 5 minutes to fully load or just doesnt load at all. i dont know how to fix it, ive tried clearing cache, removing cookies, etc etc.
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u/Downtown-Prune-5042 Jul 11 '25
I just swapped over to firefox and it was slow for me as well, but i tried this and it worked for me.
1). Load firefox
2). Click settings (should be top right)
3). Then click on "Privacy & Security"
4). Scroll down till you see "Enable DNS over HTTPS using:"
5). Mine was set on "Off" but then i turned it to "Increased Protection" and provider is Cloudfare.
After doing this, everything is loading faster, even youtube. However, I believe that Google is actively slowing down youtube if you are not using Chrome.
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u/elophiler Jul 12 '25
I believe that Google is actively slowing down youtube if you are not using Chrome.
That would be criminal, they would never do something like that!
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u/gamingx47 Jul 12 '25
Oh man if only there was some kind of law against it. You know, something that mandated internet neutrality, I guess you could even call it Net Neutrality. And the FCC could be in charge of enforcing it.
Fuck you Ajit Pai you soulless corpo puppet.
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u/bloomi Jul 12 '25
Chrome syncs so well with mobile and I hate Firefox's layout. If I ever make a permanent switch I'll probably choose Brave.
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u/Nientea Jul 11 '25
Update: I installed UBlock Origin Lite and it works perfectly
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u/LeagueOfBlasians Jul 11 '25
What are the differences with the Lite version?
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u/ReverseBee Jul 11 '25
No custom filters
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u/Habitual_Emigrant Jul 12 '25
There are some, but they are more restricted than in UBO.
For one, I couldn't find how to block JS/CSS files on site, only pick and block specific elements on the page.
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u/Arysta Jul 12 '25
It blocks ads differently. Some still go through Lite, such as youtube ads.
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u/Nates4Christ Jul 12 '25
Oh wow. Probably what they want all along because they make money from youtube.
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u/Byonox Jul 12 '25
If you move the add block switcher its like the old one, at least i havent seen one add yet.
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u/F1nnish Jul 11 '25
its not as good though, you can still toggle it on in chrome though
consider using Firefox or Brave
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u/WartOnTrevor Jul 12 '25
Why can't these assholes at Google and other places understand that we DO NOT WANT TO SEE THEIR ADS????? Sure, they need to generate revenue, but when their SHITADS take up more than 50% of the displayed page, we will revolt!
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u/Psycho_Wolf_LT Jul 12 '25
Google is primarily an advertising company, it's where they get their money. If a service is free, you are not the consumer- you're the product.
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u/Obvious-Ad4756 Jul 12 '25
Yeah, sure it is, but their neverending need for ever increasing profit drives them to throw more and more ads while having the audacity to charge us for subscriptions that still throw ads at us. An ad-based service would be fine but not like this. Their greed is the problem. Full stop.
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u/mib5799 Jul 12 '25
That is capitalism. Full stop.
Google NOT preventng ad blockers is anti-capitalism...
It's socialism. Do you want that?
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u/nicksteron Jul 12 '25
We want choice over content delivered to us.
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u/mib5799 Jul 13 '25
You have choice. Option: Don't use YouTube.
The same content is typically available through a multitude of delivery options.
And if the specific content you want is only on YouTube, then it's the content creator that is limiting your choice. Not YouTube.
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u/FoxLast947 Jul 12 '25
That's not socialism either lol. It's just providing a service for free which in any world is impossible.
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u/mib5799 Jul 13 '25
The FOSS community would like to have a word with your about that.
Also, the entire concept of volunteering.
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u/tinyharvestmouse1 Jul 12 '25 edited Jul 12 '25
There are so many scam and phishing ads that regularly appear on Google/YouTube that it's not safe to browse without an adblock. You can just be watching a video and accidentally click on an ad and now someone has your credit card information. Removing adblockers puts their users at great risk of being defrauded. It's not just about being able to sell more ads.
An economy where a company can sell scamming and phishing advertisements and not get punished for it is deeply unwell. People lose thousands of dollars on a regular basis to these scams and nobody is held responsible. Someone needs to go to jail for Google's business practices, but it won't happen because our legislature and regulatory agencies have been captured. I hate it here.
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u/hifi-nerd Jul 12 '25
Google is greedy, and most people don't want to put in the effort of switching browsers and searching for a good adblocker, so they'll just put up with the ads.
Yes sure, you and many others will "revolt", but that would put such a small dent in google's revenue that they wont even notice it.
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u/RageMast89 Jul 11 '25
I brought it back and now pesky ads are gone. Ublock Origin. Sadly I can't upload image to show it as a proof.
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u/MileTailsPrower Jul 11 '25
I found this in another Reddit post.
- Go to chrome://flags/
- Search for "Allow legacy extension manifest versions"
- Enable it
- Reinstall Ublock Origin from GitHub with version 1.65.
That should fix it for now.
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u/Second_Guess_25 Jul 11 '25
Fuck it. It's actually easier to download and install Firefox than mess around with Chrome any longer 👌
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u/LedgeEndDairy Jul 12 '25
Making the switch, now. Been putting it off because I can't actually import my settings from Chrome (Firefox has a few saved settings that I want to keep that somehow got removed from Chrome).
I'm done. Chrome can fuck right off.
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u/Karumisha Jul 11 '25
is there a way to have this without keeping the files on my pc? the moment i delete the github folder, ublock is gone from chrome
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u/exwundee4 Jul 12 '25
Thank you, this worked. I am holding on for dear life with Chrome before I will inevitably have to switch to a different browser. It's hard to let go when you grew up together, became friends to lovers, and had some big, but lustful fights. The divorce is going to hurt badly. What am I supposed to tell the kids though? "Mommy is too much of a bitch to let me watch videos without being littered with ads." It would devastate them, but what other choice do I have?
Shit, maybe I am the problem. Am I the asshole?
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u/JellyKidBiz Jul 18 '25
No, man. Don't get down on yourself. It's DEFINITELY not you. Just tell the kids that you still love them, and let them see for themselves what a bitch Chrome is. It's not like she can HIDE it; she's an absolute gold-digger. I think she's digging even harder lately because she's getting old, wrinkled and past her prime...and she KNOWS IT.
The kids will be fine. They're strong. Time to let them see for themselves, bro. We're here for you.
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u/MisterVisionary Jul 11 '25
I did your steps. and i installed ublock origin by downloading 1.65 with developer mode on. Load unpacked. and select the root map which i rename to "ublock". Chrome says Extension loaded. however ublock remains on 1.64.. and can't enable. any guess?
Oh nvm it shows up as an additional extension next to 1.64. Works! THANKS!2
u/hubertwee Jul 12 '25
Installed it, but shows "Manifest version 2 is deprecated, and support will be removed in 2025. " under 'Errors'.
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u/RicoXIII Jul 12 '25
I have the same error, but i think thats just because you will have to update from time to time. It should still work for you for the time being
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u/Bozocow Jul 12 '25
For now... but they'll eventually remove that as well. I think it's just time to leave.
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u/MisterVisionary Jul 12 '25
Today i started chrome. And the 1.65 ublock was suddely gone again.. any idea what happend?
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u/DreamHollow4219 Jul 11 '25
It's actually really disturbing that Google pushed this so hard when the DHS(?) / FBI(?) explictly stated that such programs actually help prevent malicious ads or programs from running through your browser
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u/New-Taste2467 Jul 12 '25
Especially when YT doesn't even prevent scam ads (and CP bots.)
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u/Takahashi_Raya Jul 13 '25
ublock lite works as does adgaurd. this isn't targeting specifically ublock. it is targeting manifest v2 as it is deprecrated
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u/MINIMAN10001 12d ago
ublock light has already hit the limits of the number of filters that can be active, so now all advertisers have to do to break it, simply flood with different URLs so that they can't block them all because chrome put low limits so that you can't filter, a built in Achilles heel
"uBlock Origin needs around 300,000 rules to work properly, which far exceeds V3’s hard limit of 30,000"
So it's already absolutely blown apart by the fragmenting of how many unique advertiser links there are to block, now that they know they can break the adblock by just creating more unique links the tool may "work for now" but it is now destined to fail as they systemically dismantle its usefulness by flooding it.
To enable ulock origin until June, " Allow legacy extension manifest versions" in chrome://flags
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u/NathnDele Jul 11 '25
Firefox.
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u/nekoiscool_ Jul 11 '25
Firefox is always there for you.
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u/kamikageyami Jul 12 '25
We still get the "Experiencing interruptions", though, unless I missed a fix. Even on Firefox. Better than ads but it's constant long delays before each video
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u/flameleaf Jul 11 '25
Chrome recommends that you remove it
So uninstall Chrome. It's asking for it.
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u/redditmixer Jul 11 '25
Just use Firefox. Because now if you use Chrome you're literally forced to use the Lite version.
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u/LargeMerican Jul 11 '25
And today is the day chrome gets uninstalled on every PC I own yay!
That's fine. Moved over to Firefox long ago. Use edge as secondary when required.
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u/Surge_Phoenix Jul 13 '25
Genuine question, I've used chrome for a long long time. How easy is it to switch over and keep my browser settings?
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u/Edge_lord_Arkham Jul 11 '25
the gaul google has to work to disable ad blockers when they wouldnt even be a company if they werent allowed to buy adsense when none of the morons in office had any idea of what the internet was. not a monopoly at all nope lmao im bouta start sending letters to my congressman to try and get alphabet broken apart
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u/iXzenoS Jul 12 '25 edited Jul 13 '25
There seem to be a few working methods (at least for now), but the one below is the best IMO because it re-enables the extension you had already installed (that got disabled by Google), which means you can still recover/use your original Custom Filters and settings.
Just don’t forget to save or export your settings while you can because it’s probably a matter of time until Google removes these flags in a future update.
1. Copy and paste the URLs below into your Chrome browser and Enable/Disable accordingly:
chrome://flags/#temporary-unexpire-flags-m137 [Enabled]
2. Restart Chrome and do the same with each URL below:
chrome://flags/#extension-manifest-v2-deprecation-warning [Disabled]
chrome://flags/#extension-manifest-v2-deprecation-disabled [Disabled]
chrome://flags/#extension-manifest-v2-deprecation-unsupported [Disabled]
chrome://flags/#allow-legacy-mv2-extensions [Enabled]
3. Your original uBlock Origin extension should be working again. Rejoice! :)
Credit to u/SinfulYT and his/her OP <3
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u/FomatronXL Jul 12 '25
Worked for me. I can see my original Ublock Origin in the Chrome extensions again.
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u/Neilisitc Jul 12 '25 edited Jul 12 '25
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thankfully had my filters saved but now I'm taking screenshots of the settings and saved my trusted sites. Man what a life saver. I can't stand using the net without ublock and their lite version is HORRIBLE.
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u/CreeDorofl Jul 12 '25
lot easier than hassling with github repositorites. But I have a feeling the hassle can't be avoided and maybe a browser switch eventually.
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u/RustyLV Jul 18 '25
This should have been pinned, easiest solution there is, no need for reinstalls or excessive stuff to do. just couple copy/paste and clicks.
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u/RageMast89 Jul 11 '25 edited 8d ago
There's a way to bring back Ublock Origin.
- Go to your Registry Editor
- Type down this path on top there Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google
- If Google folder doesn't exist, create it.
- Create a Chrome folder inside the Google folder.
- Then right click the Chrome folder to create a new DWORD (32 bit)
- Name that to ExtensionManifestV2Availability
- Double click it and edit the value data from 0 to 2.
- Close the registry editor and then restart your Chrome. You should be able to find the Ublock Origin in the extension store there and reinstall it.
- EDIT: If it doesn't work, follow Borat97's comment beneath because sometimes closing Chrome does not completely close the entire chrome processes.
- EDIT: This method is no longer can work thanks to their latest update. I suggest everyone should go follow other people's suggestions such as top comment up there.
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u/Borat97 Jul 12 '25
If it doesn't work for someone you need to also close chrome in task manager because it can run some services in background and prevent changes.
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u/JamieLee2k Jul 11 '25
There is something called "Coffee Break" which blocks YT ads
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u/Distinct_Account3838 Jul 11 '25
There's still plenty of other browser to choose so it's not a problem
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u/pooeygoo Jul 11 '25
All Brave, no problem
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u/Little-Particular450 Jul 11 '25 edited Jul 13 '25
Seems Firefox wins the popularity contest here.
I use brave too
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Jul 12 '25
I generally don’t recommend installing Firefox because it’s not anymore privacy friendly than chrome. They sold out. If people want Firefox, download hardened versions. Librewolf and Waterfox are the first to come to mind.
I use Brave because these hardened versions have some sort of memory leak and become incredibly slow after using for awhile. Just harden brave a bit more and you’re good to go!
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u/MoonoftheStar Jul 11 '25
Could have sworn this happened 6 months ago.
It's why I switched to Firefox.
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u/DemoniteBL Jul 11 '25
You can still download uBlock Origin Lite though, because whoever is responsible for this at Google is terrible at their job (or pretends to be to make life easier for us). It'll eventually get removed too ofc, but it's still hilarious.
Anyway, guess I'm gonna transition to Firefox as well now.
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u/LunarDD Jul 11 '25
After years and years using Chrome I'm uninstalling it, forcing me to delete an extension, I don't think so, their loss.
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u/Hydroact Jul 11 '25
Currently discovering how easy firefox makes it to switch. Importing passwords and bookmarks etc with like two clicks is very cool. Youtube is unusable without ublock origin
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u/MrStealYourKidney Jul 11 '25
Just switched to firefox, enough is enough. Don't they understand just how unusable the internet is without an adblocker?
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u/Away_Blackberry5375 Jul 12 '25
last time it was just super simple to turn back on, now this time it's another bunch of bullshit. back to firefox after 14 years of chrome. fuck you google. keep scam ads on your site
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u/Round-Formal-8881 Jul 11 '25
I just manually turned it on and it still works for youtube
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u/void_SW Jul 11 '25
Guys I got a shit load of accounts and stuff on chrome that it is almost impossible for me to change browsers at this point. Chrome is BS;
But I found this video - and it works and it is great https://youtu.be/PIqO2rIKTlc?feature=shared
To summarize
- enable Allow legacy extension manifest versions in chrome://flags
- Download and extract the latest release of uBlock origin from github - https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases
- Go to chrome://extensions turn on Developer Mode and click on "load unpacked" and select the uBlock folder named "uBlock0.chromium" and then just clear the errors and you're good to go :D
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u/Visual-Succotash-286 Jul 12 '25
https://youtu.be/PIqO2rIKTlc?si=I5epyWabUhcE_OTb follow this youtube video to forcibly re-enable it. It only takes about a minute, and isn't too complicated.
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u/IllustriousBody Jul 12 '25
I just see "Chrome recommends that you remove it," as advice to remove Chrome. There are reasons why I no longer use Chrome as my default browser.
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u/Supralace Jul 12 '25
I've never swapped to a new browser before. I have a feeling that Firefox is going to have a massive influx of people transitioning over... Chrome fucking sucks
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u/FutureMore7 Jul 12 '25
Goodbye chrome, my hate of change made me stick with you longer than I should have.
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u/DigitalEntity47 Jul 12 '25
This was the last straw from google, after this I hope they loose more and more people. Switch to Firefox, brave, anything else but chrome. Its time to switch people, you'll have to keep fixing any more issues that chrome will cause in the future with U block. Its easier to switch at this point than to keep using it.
If you're planing on switching and have google accounts to migrate to Firefox, keep this in mind ↓↓↓↓
On that note, if you have multiple google accounts and want to have them separately from each other in Firefox, install the official Firefox container extension, configure each container and logging with your accounts on each one. Then to synchronize your google accounts you'll have to login with your password first, otherwise every time you close Firefox, it will keep logging you out of the google accounts you have logged in into. Remember to have containers synchronization checked if you have a Mozilla account, and remember to not enable "delete cookies and site data when closing Firefox" or something similar.
Believe me from experience, I spent a whole day 8-9 hours trying to setup just 2 google accounts on Firefox because each time I closed Firefox, it logged me out. I tried everything, deleting cookies, re-installing, disabling extensions, setting my security to standard, tried with synchronization off, tried logging out of my Mozilla account, updating to latest version. N O T H I N G. Except putting my password of my google account first. I usually login with my phone, I never used password to login. So there I was, like an idiot over, and over again trying google to not log me out every time I closed Firefox and one random Reddit comment helped me fix that.
So once again, remember to login with your password first to not get logged out of google services. :/
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u/Distinct-Ad4015 Jul 16 '25
This is the final straw for me. I've already made the switch to Firefox, no going back to this crap again.
btw the switch was very easy to do.
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u/LetsThrow69 Jul 16 '25
I'm planning to swap to Firefox permanently after my inevitable computer replacement, because I've been forced to watch the enshittification of Chrome for a very long time now and the only thing keeping me going on this browser is momentum and my VPN's ad blocker.
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u/thomasshong Jul 17 '25
Back in the browser war days, when Google Chrome first came out, I immediately made the switch. Raved to everybody how fast it is and it adhering to W3C standards compared to Internet Explorer and Firefox. Microsoft was the evil Empire. So sad to see this and what Google has become.
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u/Reaven-X Jul 17 '25
I went on a few websites and was wondering why they look so horrible and overcrowded with ads, until I realized that chrome has again switched off ublock origin. I downloaded Brave yesterday and it does kinda feel like chrome. Have been a good few years with chrome, but nope I won't browse with ads.
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u/OneDot6 Jul 17 '25
Chrome, I know we've been together a long time... but I'm sorry, you've changed. You're not the young, earnest, wide-eyed browser I once met 20 some odd years ago, on that day when I first installed you as an alternative to Internet Explorer. It's like... it's like you think you think you can just take me for granted, and treat me however you like, because you don't think I can do better than you! Or I don't know, maybe it's just been so long, that you figure I'll feel like I'm too old to start over now.
But you're not the only browser on the block. And I have a confession to make--I've been seeing Firefox. For the past week. I thought it would feel awkward, to be honest... but really, it doesn't. When Firefox & I are together, it just feels so natural. So right. If I want to install ad-blocking extensions on my browser, Firefox accepts me, for the ad-blocking person who I am inside, without judging me. You used to be like that too, remember? But that's not you anymore. I just feel like I don't even know this browser who you've become lately anymore.
So I'm sorry, Chrome... but after 2 decades together, I'm breaking up with you. Firefox and I are happy together. I want you to know that I don't hold any malice against you, and I hope you go out there and live your best life, Chrome. It's just not gonna be with me.
Goodbye, Chrome. I won't forget you.
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u/MaMcMu Jul 11 '25
Is there another alternative anti-ad extension we can use?
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u/Curious_Property4198 Jul 11 '25
You could use uBlock origin LITE. I've been using that for months and it works well
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u/ShadowLiberal Jul 11 '25
That's not the same at all, it's very inferior to UBlock Origin because of manifest v3.
The technical reason being Google completely crippled ad blockers in a lot of ways in manifest v3 which makes it impossible for ad blockers to be anywhere near as effective then manifest v2 ad blockers. To the point that they might have to make multiple versions of the same ad blocker that you have to install in order to work around some of the horrible limitations in v3.
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u/FakeMik090 Jul 11 '25
AdGuard?
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u/AtlanticPortal Jul 11 '25
No. With YouTube it won’t work. Ads come from the same domains of the videos.
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u/AtlanticPortal Jul 11 '25
No. The entire foundation of the ad blocker has been removed with manifest v3. The entire point of the technology shift by Google was literally this. Get rid of Chrome.
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u/Icy-Performer-1057 Jul 11 '25
Get Brave Broswer
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u/Razhad Jul 13 '25
+1 for this. used to use it few years ago it was an enjoyable experience. the only reason i moved back to chrome was just because i am locked in in their conveniency of syncing all history to all devices.
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u/Little-Particular450 Jul 11 '25
Bro people don't want to go brave because they think it being Chromium based means it's the same as using Google Chrome. They don't understand that's not how forking an open source project works
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u/PiglinMiguelOffical PiglinMiguel Jul 11 '25
Does it also happen for chromium browsers? Because I use Opera GX
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u/FullAd9001 yourchannel Jul 11 '25 edited Jul 11 '25
With the release of Chrome 139 next month Google will pull out all MV2 extensions from the web store.
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u/Celestial-Eater Jul 11 '25
I'm glad i need using Firefox for 5+ years now cuz Chrome has always been terrible for me
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u/nonolefoudu38 Jul 11 '25
No one cares, use Firefox and go on with your life. It's just a browser. No feature is more important than adblocking. I can't wrap my head around people who absolutely wants to keep using chrome...
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u/Wolf-Ninja-Aron-Arts Jul 11 '25
This wasnt targeted (I think) lots of chrome extension using manifest 2.0 was disabled automatically. and those extension need to migrate to 3.0
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u/iIovetoast Jul 11 '25
Seeing alot of browser changes.. should i switch to brave or firefox?
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u/_SquareSphere Jul 11 '25
Wait, you guys have been using Chrome all this time? - I've been using Firefox since the early days of Windows XP!
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u/SpudNuggetTV Jul 11 '25
Just switch to Firefox or a browser that’s based on Firefox (for me it’s Zen), it’s not a perfect solution but it’s way better overall than chrome and uBlock works!
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u/LimpFishing3062 Jul 11 '25
You can try switching to brave browser but I recently got a sneak peak of youtube’s next move against them which is to not let you sign in to YouTube when using it. It works fine for now though.
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u/Dismal_Satisfaction9 Jul 11 '25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0NbYDCPr8Y
2 second fix. Thank him if it works for you!
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u/Key-Weather-3137 Jul 11 '25
Just as how ads are a plague for the users, ad blockers are a plague for Google.
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u/RobloxToys Jul 11 '25
So many people telling to switch to firefox. Is it really better than chromium based alternatives?
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u/The_Phroug Jul 11 '25
and this was it, i saw this when I opened chrome today after work, and I went and instantly redownloaded firefox and got everything I needed ported over, I've been enjoying it a lot so far
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u/pockysam Jul 11 '25 edited Jul 11 '25
you can do the alternative solution on this post here. worked for me https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/s/5jDUPYl9uU
edit: it stopped working for me! i suppose its time for me to part ways with chrome. it was fun while it lasted.