uBlock Origin Lite will continue to function.
Google has been working on this transition formany years.
IT departments across enterprises often restrict employees from downloading Chrome extensions specifically to avoid the risk of malware.
Google Chrome is deprecating uBlock Origin with the transition to new extension standard.Silas Stein/picture alliance/Getty
Google has insisted over the years that it is not trying to intentionally hinder ad-blockers.
uBlock Origin and others relied on certain aspects of the old Web Request API to perform comprehensive blocking.
That lends credence to the idea that Google at least tries working in good faith to protect privacy.
Perhaps just not when it might hurt the companys own business.
Google uses data from Chrome to personalize its own ads.
And on mobile there are ad-blocking options like Safari with the AdGuard extension.
If you decide to switch away from Chrome, hey be sure to whitelist Gizmodo, thanks.
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