Ars Technica

Chrome’s new ad-blocker-limiting extension platform will launch in 2023

Google’s journey toward Chrome’s “Manifest V3” has been happening for four years now, and if the company’s new timeline holds up, we’ll all be forced to switch to it in year 5. “Manifest V3” is the ...
ZDNet

Google Chrome could soon kill off most ad-blocker extensions

Raymond Hill, the developer of uBlock Origin and uMatrix, raised concerns on Tuesday via the Chromium bug tracker that upcoming changes to certain Chrome APIs would mean his extensions can "no longer ...
ZDNet

Google removes two Chrome ad blocker extensions caught 'cookie stuffing'

Google has removed today two extensions from the Chrome Web Store. The two extensions were fully functional ad blockers, but they tried to deceive users by using the names of other more reputable ad ...
Ars Technica

Chrome’s next weapon in the War on Ad Blockers: Slower extension updates

Google’s war on ad blockers is just gearing up, with YouTube doing its best to detect and block ad blockers and Chrome aiming to roll out the ad block-limiting Manifest V3 extension platform in June ...
Bleeping Computer

Over 37,000 Chrome Users Installed a Fake AdBlock Plus Extension

Google has removed a malicious extension from its Chrome Web Store that posed as the popular AdBlock Plus ad blocker but forcibly opened new tabs to show ads to users. As the researcher points out in ...
Gizmodo

Google Is Hobbling Popular Ad Blocker uBlock Origin on Chrome

Users of the popular uBlock Origin extension on Google Chrome might need to make the switch to a new browser. Or maybe cave and subscribe to YouTube Premium ...