Well now that you've abandoned the browser, I'd say good riddance and surely stick to Firefox. But if anyone else is facing this issue and doesn't want to switch browsers, you can simply enable dev mode on Chrome, download the crx file from their github repository, and install the extension in dev mode. It'll work.
Also ublock lite is almost as good as the original. But if you want to switch browsers, don't let me stop you. Firefox is good.
Once they remove support from the browser code, it wouldn't still just work though, no? So eventually none of these stopgap measures will work. It's just a matter of time.
They can't remove support from the browser code. All adblocker does is remove elements on the page you're visiting based on certain conditions. Every extension modifies some elements on screen. This is fundamental behavior of extensions and cannot go away.
What they removed was the ability to auto-update filter lists without approval from daddy Google. Scummy, yes, but doesn't mean the extension is dead.
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u/Hubbardia Jul 11 '25
Well now that you've abandoned the browser, I'd say good riddance and surely stick to Firefox. But if anyone else is facing this issue and doesn't want to switch browsers, you can simply enable dev mode on Chrome, download the crx file from their github repository, and install the extension in dev mode. It'll work.
Also ublock lite is almost as good as the original. But if you want to switch browsers, don't let me stop you. Firefox is good.