Raymond Hill
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For Many People, It Just Got Harder to Block Tracking Ads. Here’s What Still Works
Google calls it a security upgrade. Privacy tools see a much narrower browser.
Google Tightens Its Grip on Chrome Extensions as Ad Blockers Take the Hit
Google’s Manifest V3 rollout tightens control over Chrome extensions, limiting ad blockers and privacy tools.
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Google’s War on Ad Blockers and Privacy Tools: How to Pivot to Avoid Surveillance
As Chrome tightens its grip on ad-blockers, privacy-focused competitors eye an opportunity to lure users fed up with Google’s “privacy upgrades.”
Ad-Blocking Showdown: Google Forces Popular Ad-Blocker Off Chrome
Google phases out uBlock Origin support on Chrome, raising concerns over ad-blocking effectiveness with the shift to Manifest V3.
Why uBlock Origin Lite Vanished From Firefox’s Add-Ons Store
Raymond Hill’s withdrawal of uBlock Origin Lite raises questions about Mozilla’s extension review policies and developer relations.
Google Rejects uBlock Origin From Chrome Web Store
This has been a controversial and upsetting development in the works for a while now.
Ad Blockers Are Set to Stop Working on Google Chrome
Apparently it’s a better “user experience”.
