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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/20260243

Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled

Google Chrome is now encouraging uBlock Origin users who have updated to the latest version to switch to other ad blockers before Manifest v2 extensions are disabled.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 months ago (17 children)

It's a good opportunity for any Chrome users in the crowd to switch to Librewolf. It may be a small project but it's been around for a while and they haven't made any mistakes that I've heard about. Google has its various off-brand browsers using the engine, why shouldn't Mozilla get some? It comes with uBlock Origin preinstalled, and has none of the telemetry and ads of Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Have they implemented the update option yet, or does it still rely on unofficial methods for updating?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

They provide official deb and rpm builds for linux, which get updated in the usual ways. I don't know about windows but the website says:

you can choose to install the LibreWolf WinUpdater, which is included in the installer.

[–] qweertz 3 points 2 months ago

Librewolf is also available as a Flatpak

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

The LibreWolf WinUpdater works great. You get a small pop-up when there's an update and it updates super quickly (in my experience in like 15 seconds).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Looks like it's available in the Windows Package Manager Community Repository, so you can update it via winget update LibreWolf.LibreWolf or keep it up to date using the Winget-AutoUpdate tool.

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