• Google is transitioning Chrome’s extension support from the Manifest V2 framework to the V3.
  • This means users won’t be able to use uBlock Origin to block ads on Google Chrome.
  • However, there’s a new iteration of the app — uBlock Origin Lite, which is Manifest V3 compliant but doesn’t boast the original version’s comprehensive ad-blocking features.
  • madcaesar@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Good, smart IT would have installed ublock and locked that shit down. Saves bandwidth and protects the kids.

    But you’re probably right, most IT departments are useless.

    • Kogasa@programming.dev
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      3 months ago

      Don’t think it saves bandwidth unless it’s a DNS level block, which IT should also do but separately from uBO