Starting with the next major release, Chromium will stop supporting Manifest V2 extensions. The change will affect users who have clung to uBlock Origin in Chrome, Edge,...
I’m using librewolf for most tasks but just FYI you can try ladybird with three lines of git and its coming along nicely. Additionally Kagi’s WebKit browser Orion is looking really great and the flatpak for that is available right now.
Play with them and report bugs. These guys have been making serious progress this year.
Won’t helium be affected by this change? They bundle Unlock Origin, so they will not be able to do that if they want to follow chromium still. They may have to swap to forking off Brave who uses their own blocking engine.
I’m excited that there are alternative browser engines being developed, but I lost a lot of enthusiasm for Ladybird when I learned more about the lead. Servo is another browser project coming along nicely, although Servo is closer to webkit than it is a fully fledged browser.
I’m using librewolf for most tasks but just FYI you can try ladybird with three lines of git and its coming along nicely. Additionally Kagi’s WebKit browser Orion is looking really great and the flatpak for that is available right now.
Play with them and report bugs. These guys have been making serious progress this year.
I’m not sure I’d recommend Ladybird or Orion for general use yet. Orion is still getting there on Linux, ladybird is in deep development.
…Why not a good fork? Like Zen, Librewolf, or if you need Chromium compatibility, Helium?
Won’t helium be affected by this change? They bundle Unlock Origin, so they will not be able to do that if they want to follow chromium still. They may have to swap to forking off Brave who uses their own blocking engine.
Indeed. Though they are still two versions away from depreciation:
https://github.com/imputnet/helium/issues/1746
No idea how they’ll handle it, but yeah, they could lift Brave’s engine. Cromite also has its own adblocker they could pull in as a patch.
I’m excited that there are alternative browser engines being developed, but I lost a lot of enthusiasm for Ladybird when I learned more about the lead. Servo is another browser project coming along nicely, although Servo is closer to webkit than it is a fully fledged browser.