Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte...
by e2le on Friday February 28, 2025 @01:06PM
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It's not an exact drop-in replacement. There are many filtering capabilities that cannot be ported [1] to MV3, filtering lists can only be distributed through extension updates [2], and filtering is unreliable.
> Injecting content scripts in a non-declarative way is unreliable in MV3 due to fact that extensions are really service workers which can be suspended at any time.
> Injecting content scripts in a non-declarative way is unreliable in MV3 due to fact that extensions are really service workers which can be suspended at any time.
[1]: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/wiki/Frequently-as...
[2]: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/wiki/Frequently-as...