Quote:So, Google went ahead with a major change of the extensions system that Chromium uses. Chromium is the open source core of Google Chrome and many other browsers, including Microsoft Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, and Opera. Most AI-based browsers will also use Chromium.

If you used the content blocker uBlock Origin in Chrome, or some other extensions, you may have noticed that Chrome disabled them after installation of a recent update. If you did not notice it yet, you will shortly as this is a change that is affecting all Chrome users.

Technically, Google is disabling support for the old extension system. While there were tricks to restore it for the time being, these are also pulled by Google from Chrome.

In the end, it means that you won't be able to install those extensions anymore in the Google browser. Did Google kill ad blocking? No, it did not. It changed ad blocking in Chrome and for most Chromium-based browsers. Content blockers continue to work, but they may not be as efficient anymore as before.

As a quick remedy, install uBlock Origin Lite



Now, with uBlock Origin disabled by Google and seemingly no option to enable the extension again in the browser, you may wonder what you should do now. As an immediate fix, you may install uBlock Origin Lite by the same developer. It contains core functionality that made uBlock Origin great and you may not notice a difference. Whether you do depends on your use of the extension.

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