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Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2-based extensions in Edge (www.neowin.net)

submitted 3 weeks 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] 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh no, like I ever use Edgeplorer.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 weeks ago

Microsoft Edge is literally Google Chrome button replaced with Microsoft Features/Spyware

[–] [email protected] 50 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

FLOORP

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Did they fix the issue of their license partially closed? Or is it still the same

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (11 children)

Vivaldi still supports V2 Manifest (including ublock Origin) until July, I believe. Brave too, I think.

edit: I find it fascinating how mentions of Vivaldi (or other browsers) always gets so many downvotes. Why do downvoters care so much about browsers they don't use?

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 3 weeks ago (19 children)

Who fucking uses edge?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

My 73 years old father

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

On the rare occasion I want to stream movies while on my PC at 1080p, because most online movie services will only stream 1080p to Edge. Some times Chrome will be allowed to stream 1080p but it's pretty hit or miss in my experience. On another note, basically no streaming services will stream movies to you in 4k on a PC, I've also found most streaming apps on my phone won't give me 4k either, you can only really get 4k streaming to a smart TV... it's pretty ridiculous.

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[–] [email protected] 89 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

90% of people and corporations are either using Edge or Chrome and since there's essentially no difference between the two they are equally bad. We're back to a browser mono-culture, just like in the bad old days of Internet Explorer.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Yup. Software developer here for a small company. We use a Windows. Chrome for testing applications and edge is just there. We are all in on Microsoft, server is C# .Net, running on azure with teams and outlook and office.

I do use Firefox though but I’m the only one out of 7.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

It's not that bad yet. FF works on pretty much any site that's not demonstrating some sort of bleeding edge fuckery. I haven't seen a "best viewed in Chrome" for a decade or two.

Hopefully this sort of enshittification will drive more people to use other browsers.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

bleeding edge fuckery

Aka shit not compliant with web standards.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Noobs who like to live on the edge

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 weeks ago

Sticking it to Sundar the creep while getting in bed with Satya the creep

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[–] [email protected] 253 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

Firefox time

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

I use Firefox for most things, but Google Meet maxes out all my CPUs if I use Firefox. Any kind of screen sharing kills it. Suggestions on how I can get video encoding working greatly appreciated... Intel Xe graphics.