What is a good free replacement for uBlock Origin in Chrome?


callisto

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I had a notice from Google Chrome that uBlock Origin is no longer supported and therefore should be removed. Any suggestions for something free and as good as uBlock Origin?
 

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I use uBlock Origin Lite in Chrome. Seems to work just fine, but as previous post, this may be verboten.
 

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i second uBlock Original Lite.
chromewebstore.google.com

uBlock Origin Lite - Chrome Web Store

A permission-less content blocker. Blocks ads, trackers, miners, and more immediately upon installation.
chromewebstore.google.com chromewebstore.google.com

best of luck, Steve ..
 

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Thanks, I'll try the lite version, but isn't it from the same developer?
 

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    i7 12700H 4.7 GHz
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    Dell 0YD3W1
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    16 GB, DDR5, 4800
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    NVIDIA GeFORCE RTX 3050 Ti 4 GB GDDR6 45W - INTEL IRIS Xe Graphics
    Sound Card
    Realtek and NVIDIA WDM
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    15.6"
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    1 TB M.2 PCle NVMe SSD
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    Dell
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    Standard case
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    Laptop cooling pad
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    Standard
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    LOGITECH G304
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    1920 X 1080 @ 60 Hz
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    Logitech M221
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callisto said:
I had a notice from Google Chrome that uBlock Origin is no longer supported and therefore should be removed. Any suggestions for something free and as good as uBlock Origin?
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Me too but I used this registry key to keep using V2 Manifest.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome]
"ExtensionManifestV2Availability"=dword:00000002
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For now it works.
 

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callisto said:
Thanks, I'll try the lite version, but isn't it from the same developer?
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yes. But lite was made specifically for manifest v3. It wont get removed. It is almost as effective as regular so I see no problem switching to light.
 

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I use Ghostery on Chrome + Firefox.
 

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    When I find it.
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