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> You can manually install uBlock and just continue using it

Only with Chrome 138 and lower. Chrome 139 will not support Manifest V2 anymore.

https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate...

Seriously, use Firefox if you want to use uBlock Origin.



Oh! :/


FWIW uBlock Origin Lite (the MV3 version of uBlock Origin) seems pretty much just as good, at least to me.

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin-lite/...

I don't use a ton of custom filters or rulesets though, so YMMV.


https://www.quippd.com/writing/2024/10/16/google-is-killing-...


For what it's worth, rudimentary (but persistent) css-based filters with a nifty element picker was implemented two weeks ago:

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/0b0294af4f

It's great, and it still even works permissionless!




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