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Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2-based extensions in Edge (www.neowin.net)
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The latest Edge Canary version started disabling Manifest V2-based extensions with the following message: "This extension is no longer supported. Microsoft Edge recommends that you remove it." Although the browser turns off old extensions without asking, you can still make them work by clicking "Manage extension" and toggling it back (you will have to acknowledge another prompt).

At this point, it is not entirely clear what is going on. Google started phasing out Manifest V2 extensions in June 2024, and it has a clear roadmap for the process. Microsoft's documentation, however, still says "TBD," so the exact dates are not known yet. This leads to some speculating about the situation being one of "unexpected changes" coming from Chromium. Either way, sooner or later, Microsoft will ditch MV2-based extensions, so get ready as we wait for Microsoft to shine some light on its plans.

Another thing worth noting is that the change does not appear to be affecting Edge's stable release or Beta/Dev Channels. For now, only Canary versions disable uBlock Origin and other MV2 extensions, leaving users a way to toggle them back on. Also, the uBlock Origin is still available in the Edge Add-ons store

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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why let the streaming services tell you what you can or can't watch videos on when you can just pirate everything?

[–] SynonymousStoat@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Weirdly enough, I like buying movies to encourage people to keep making the kinds of movies I enjoy watching. I have some physical media, but often times you can't find 4k versions of movies on physical media.

Also, I tend to buy digital and don't watch subscription services much.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

If you rely so much on buying digital, be ready for a surprise later on down the line.

A lot of PlayStation users found out the hard way.

[–] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

you can buy a normal physical version then pirate the 4K file

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If the disk is going to be unused/thrown out anyway - why not buy a digital copy? Its only job would be corresponding to a usable file you download anyway... I do that with Steam games.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Archive the physical copy for the inevitable shutdown. No one can stop an old disc player plugged into a dumb tv.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 1 points 21 hours ago

But no one can take a file from my hard drives either. No need for it to be on a low-capacity disk when a thing half the size of a DVD box can fit orders of magnitude more.