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PSA: How to keep using adblockers on Chrome and Chromium (gist.github.com)

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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

Relevant tidbit:

Upcoming // June 2025: Chrome MV2 deprecation enterprise rollout // Enterprises using the ExtensionManifestV2Availability policy to ensure the continued functioning of Manifest V2 extensions in their organization will have one additional year - until June 2025 - to migrate the Manifest V2 extensions in their organization. Browsers with the policy enabled won't be impacted by the rollout of the deprecation until that time.

Emphasis mine. June 2025 this "solution" will stop working.

Okay... I'll be blunt. Google is showing the sol...
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...some of them are licking it, and accepting v3; the ones lik...
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/me turns a functional ad blocker on
Pheeew. Anyway, the ones like the above are hugging the boot instead, as if it would stop moving. It won't - Google will keep dictating what you see in your machine.

The right solution is neither, it's to simply ditch Chrome. And that's bloody obvious for anyone with a shred of dignity. (The same applies to Chromium by the way.)