Quote:Google is in the final steps of migrating the extensions system that its Chrome web browser uses. The new Manifest V3 system replaces the decade-old Manifest V2 and becomes the only set of rules for extensions supporting the browser.

While Google says that the new system improves security and performance, critics say that Google is deliberately modifying the capabilities of content blockers and some other types of extensions that threaten the company's main revenue driver: ads.

The world's most popular content blocker uBlock Origin has become the example of that change. It is not compatible with the new Manifest V3 system. While its developer created uBlock Origin Lite, a still fairly capable content blocker that can is compatible, it is less powerful than the full version.

Workarounds exist to still make the extension and others work under Chrome, even the latest Chrome 140 release. While that gives Chrome users another four weeks or so with the extension, it is only a matter of time before the last workaround is removed by Google.

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