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Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did

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Re: Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did

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Post by LelouBil »

Balinares wrote: post #9
poulpy123 wrote: post #4

I honestly don't know how people do without ad blockers. Even with being ok with ads, they are so overwhelming that I could not use internet without blocking them

In case your assumption here is that TFA is about Edge disabling adblockers: it's not. It's just removing ManifestV2 support. ManifestV3 is still supported. Despite what one might assume, MV3 does not seem to measurably diminish the effectiveness of adblockers; if anything, it improves it. (Source: https://petsymposium.org/popets/2026/popets-2026-0027.php )

Isn't the main issue that for MV3 you can't have a dynamic blocklist ? And so you have to update it with an extension update ?

Re: Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did

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Post by massysett »

poulpy123 wrote: post #4

I honestly don't know how people do without ad blockers. Even with being ok with ads, they are so overwhelming that I could not use internet without blocking them

I don’t use adblockers. If a site has too many ads to be usable, I don’t visit it.

Re: Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did

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Post by jmclnx »

poulpy123 wrote: post #4

I honestly don't know how people do without ad blockers. Even with being ok with ads, they are so overwhelming that I could not use internet without blocking them

I use noscript instead of an ad blocker. I find it blocks the intrusive ads. I do not mind what I view as normal ads (ie: text or link), but these video and popup ads drive me crazy. I find noscript blocks the "bad" ads.

Re: Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did

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Post by WhyIsItAlwaysHN »

massysett wrote: post #14
poulpy123 wrote: post #4

I honestly don't know how people do without ad blockers. Even with being ok with ads, they are so overwhelming that I could not use internet without blocking them

I don’t use adblockers. If a site has too many ads to be usable, I don’t visit it.

So no youtube?

Re: Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did

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Post by massysett »

WhyIsItAlwaysHN wrote: post #19
massysett wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t use adblockers. If a site has too many ads to be usable, I don’t visit it.

So no youtube?

YouTube is tolerable with ads. If I found it intolerable, I would pay. Or not visit.
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