For a few years now, Google has been waging a campaign against old Chrome extensions that use the now-deprecated Manifest V2, which has been replaced by newer, more secure Manifest V3. The new protocol also refines how extensions run on Chrome, thereby reducing resource utilization. But there are some casualties of this transition, including popular ad blocker extensions, such as uBlock Origin.
Previous steps from the Chromium team have already crippled older extensions to an extent. Their actions include automatically disabling older extensions and making it more difficult for users to enable them. Now, it’s pushing harder and getting ready to remove every footprint of these older extensions from the Chrome Web Store.
