Google Confirms They Will Disable uBlock Origin in Chrome Mid 2024
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Sounds like it's an extension API thing, where addons on Manifest V2 won't be supported for much longer. So this is less of a case of targeting uBlock so much as the usual run of older addon-death.
Not that I'm a fan of that shit at all due to the sheer inconvenience, but it's more of a technical and backwards compatibility problem than a Google-agenda kind of problem.
Granted, it's possible Google could make it less of a hassle with regards to the backwards compatibility and/or make it easier for addon developers to convert over to the newer API, but I'm not familiar enough with the specifics to be sure.
Considering Youtube's latest behavior I'm almost certain this is intentional.
They've been trying to block adblockers, disabled the ability of youtubers to chose how ads are displayed, increased premium subscription prices, etc. They are pushing hard to make money.
Money now, gonna get way worse very soon.
Wait until you have to verify your computer's entire stack through your browser. The browser will have to be signed, your OS will enforce that signature, all tied nicely in a bow with your computer's Trusted Platform Module.
Any link in the chain that looks a little off (aka. too freedom-y) will get denied as fast as you press enter on your address bar.
"But I'm going to run some privacy-focused fork!"
Nope, Billy, but that won't happen. Your bank, your school, your work, your social media: once these features are available, they'll just stop accepting traffic from unsigned browsers, and they won't hand out certificates unless you hold water for what they care about. "Sorry, you have to use a supported browser on a supported OS on a supported hardware system to use this site."
why do i get reminded of the browser wars and how some sites could only be read in certain ones?
They forced
HTTP3HTTP 2 on the industry just to track people more. A whole foundational protocol just to track you. Of course they would purposely torpedo ad blockers and pretend it was an accident.One of the little unnoticed differences in
HTTP3HTTP 2 (aka SPDY) is now there is one connection to google-analytics that's now shared across all domains and it stays open for an hour instead of 4 minutes.Google's Doubleclick swears that they would never (how dare you suggest it) track you based on that TCP connection. Riiight. How convenient that HTTP2 is more complicated yet no faster and just happens to give Google a new session super-cookie.
edit: late comment, I got my versions off by one ^_^
I wouldn't be shocked though if what allows uBlock Origin to work is not allowed in the new V3. Typically, companies do this sort of thing so they wouldn't be able to offer backwards compatibility specifically because they don't want add-ons to function with V2 functionality which is why they developed V3 in the first place among other reasons.
Ah, I think you're mostly right. Was just reminded that MV3 might be part of that big wave of general ad-blocker prevention stuff that we've been warned about for the last year or two.
Mv3 removes the ability to filter network requests. It disables as blockers.
Thanks for the clarification. I only did a cursory glance into it, been juggling a few things today on only 3 hours of sleep.
it's not broken and does not need to be "fixed"
No, it's a removing functionality to intentionally cripple adblockers problem.