Google Chrome is killing more extensions than you think - is your old favorite on the list?
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As I said, I mainly care about adblocking. Shields (Brave's adblocker) does an amazing job and doesn't depend on MV2 or MV3 (it's not an extension).
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Nope. Cloud to Butt still works for me.
Forgot about cloud to butt. We might need AI to butt with a backwards compatible blockchain to butt nowadays.
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Pushbullet is also dead.
️That's a name I haven't heard in a long long time. I thought it died due to it being a privacy nightmare or something. There was some controversy at least.
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I used to use Selenium extension on Chrome to test my applications for Chrome compatibility. Chrome said they are disabling it now. Do you not want web applications to be easily tested for Chrome compatibility, Google?
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I don't have any chrome extensions because I don't use chrome. Everyone else should do the same.
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So, the elephant in the room is Chrome killing ad-blocking.
I think that Firefox (and Firefox forks, like Zen Browser) have low-enough marketshare that websites that depend on ad revenue may just kill support for Firefox if Firefox does permit ad blocking.
https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share
As of February:
Chrome: 66.3%
Safari: 17.99%
Edge: 5.33%
Firefox: 2.62%
The software used to view the Web in 2025 is really mostly under the control of either Google or Apple.
Safari on IPhone does have adblocker extensions. So the websites should stop supporting Apple devices as well in order to display ads. This is nearly 20% of users based on your stats.
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I used to use Selenium extension on Chrome to test my applications for Chrome compatibility. Chrome said they are disabling it now. Do you not want web applications to be easily tested for Chrome compatibility, Google?
They are probably moving to Chrome DevTools Protocol or WebDriver BiDi
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Pushbullet is also dead.
️Hasn't it been dead for years? You can probably get the same functionality with other apps, depending on what you use it for.
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I like Floorp.
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I don't have any chrome extensions because I don't use chrome. Everyone else should do the same.
chrome just killed Ublock on me and EVERY site is now full of ads... I had no idea how bad it had become!
What browser do you suggest? -
chrome just killed Ublock on me and EVERY site is now full of ads... I had no idea how bad it had become!
What browser do you suggest?Firefox of course.
I'd also suggest their VPN, as its a cheaper mullvad.
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chrome just killed Ublock on me and EVERY site is now full of ads... I had no idea how bad it had become!
What browser do you suggest?Firefox or a fork of Firefox.
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Firefox or a fork of Firefox.
Speaking of Firefox forks... they're doing some really cool things with FireDragon and Zen Browser.
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Hopefully it will carry thebweight of you all.
I think this analogy starts to fall apart like the boat in it
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Yeah I only run chrome for Microsoft teams which I unfortunately still have to use.
The other day I saw a list of like 20 plugins, about 90% of what I have installed, banned. Not that I ever want chrome back but WTF?
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I like Floorp.
Haven't found a better fork with vertical tabs and the customization Floorp offers. So Floorp it is.
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I don't know if it's related, but an extension we use at work called Redirector was just disabled a few weeks ago for being "unsupported." It's the only reason I even used Chrome, so I guess I can go back to Safari. At home I only use Firefox.
If you’re talking about the extension that looks like an R with a green arrow, the author passed away a couple years ago. https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector/issues/329
The repo has a new maintainer but there’s been no new releases since the maintainer doesn’t have access to the extension release pages. No surprise that a MV3 version hasn’t been worked on.
It still works on Firefox, though.
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If you’re talking about the extension that looks like an R with a green arrow, the author passed away a couple years ago. https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector/issues/329
The repo has a new maintainer but there’s been no new releases since the maintainer doesn’t have access to the extension release pages. No surprise that a MV3 version hasn’t been worked on.
It still works on Firefox, though.
Hey, thanks! I don't know if I can use Firefox at work. I'll have to see. Could be a good time to push Firefox there.
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One of the extensions blocked is called "Trump blocker" - looks like they are getting into arse kissing too
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One of the extensions blocked is called "Trump blocker" - looks like they are getting into arse kissing too
It's not blocked because of the "Trump" bit though, right? It's because it's not a manifest V3 extension
