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Google is removing Chrome's last remaining workarounds for Manifest V2 extensions, effectively ending support for legacy ad blockers such as the original uBlock Origin. 9to5Google reports: CyberNews points out a Chromium commit that removes support for the "kExtensionManifestV2Disabled" flag, which is referred to as "dead code" seeing as Chrome no longer supports Manifest V2 extensions. This removal acts as the final stop for many Manifest V2-based ad blocker extensions that were still in use today -- the flag was effectively a loophole to continue using these extensions.
A Googler on the commit explains: "MV2 extensions are no longer allowed in any supported version of Chrome, and we are removing support for them and the associated functionality. We won't be able to provide / maintain this functionality indefinitely due to the complexity and tech debt, as well as the security risks it entails (we've actually found a number of bugs that are specific to MV2 lately). Of course, other browsers can continue supporting these if they so desire."
This will also impact other Chromium-based browsers, though the comment notes that "other browsers can continue supporting these if they so desire." Neowin points out that Microsoft Edge and Opera are likely to follow suit. Chrome 150, set to be released later this month, will remove this flag, while other leftover bits of Manifest V2 will be removed in the v151 release.
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Bye Chrome...
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by Anonymous Coward writes:
The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.
Re:Bye Chrome...
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by caseih ( 160668 ) writes:
on Monday June 15, 2026 @06:51PM (#66194622)
And bye every other browser except Firefox. No Vivaldi, no Brave, any Chromium browser.<br>I'm a little surprised no one has tried to bring Manifest v2 back in a Chromium fork. It's supposedly open source after all. If it's too complicated to do practically, then really what's the point in Chromium being open source at all.
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Re: Bye Chrome...
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by devslash0 ( 4203435 ) writes:
on Monday June 15, 2026 @06:59PM (#66194642)
Brave has its own filtering engine, separate from Chromium.
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Brave dependent?
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by unixisc ( 2429386 ) writes:
Also, does Brave depend on Chromium for its updates? The same way, say Debian derivatives depend on Debian, or Redhat derivatives on RedHat?
I was under the impression that Brave was a complete fork of Chromium, just like OpenBSD was of NetBSD
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by thegarbz ( 1787294 ) writes:
Brave has its own filtering engine, separate from Chromium.
That's sort of beside the point. Those people who wanted to use their own specific plugin with brave no longer will be able to, and will be dependent on their own internal thing.<br>Mind you this coming from a browser which appended affiliate links to user inputs. We've debated at length here before how much Brave can be trusted. Bottom line is there are concerns including that it's ToR mode may not be safe. It does provide a lot of privacy from websniffers though, to the point where its inbuilt adblocker had a
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by gweihir ( 88907 ) writes:
Yes. And I hink the Brave filter is working quite well.
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by DaFallus ( 805248 ) writes:
Why would anyone in 2026 ever use Brave?
In 2016, Brave promised to remove banner ads from websites and replace them with their own [archive.is], basically trying to extract money directly from websites without...