Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO • Hacker News Board

Re: Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO

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Post by Lovesong » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 9:37 PM UTC

Few years ago when google announced their MV2 plan I moved to Firefox. I don't think in all this time I ever missed Chrome for anything in particular outside of maybe 1 or 2 websites that didn't have proper support.

Switch to Firefox if you haven't already really.

Re: Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO

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Post by jack_pp » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 9:38 PM UTC

Haven't used chrome in years, Firefox has served me well

Re: Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO

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Post by abroszka33 » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 9:39 PM UTC

Henchman21 wrote: post #8

abroszka33 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

AND try to not use Google, Facebook, Amazon, OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, Oracle and other similar products made by asshole companies.

Honestly, at what point do we just throw our kit in the trash and go back to pen & paper?

Yesterday. Do we actually need any of this stuff? Probably not. But it's damn hard to stop enjoying it.

Re: Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO

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Post by monneyboi » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 9:39 PM UTC

I'm hoping that Mozilla Firefox can adopt a similar foundation/donation strategy as Signal has proven to work quite well.

We really need independence from Google in the browser landscape if we want the open web to survive.

Re: Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO

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Post by tentacleuno » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 9:40 PM UTC

Henchman21 wrote: post #8

abroszka33 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

AND try to not use Google, Facebook, Amazon, OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, Oracle and other similar products made by asshole companies.

Honestly, at what point do we just throw our kit in the trash and go back to pen & paper?

Reintroducing pen and paper to your note-taking repertoire might not be such a bad idea, anyway -- it's a much more creative medium than most digital, textual forms.

Re: Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO

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Post by mlh496 » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 9:41 PM UTC

I've been using the Brave browser for years. I just turned off all the crypto stuff. How does Firefox today compare with Brave today?

Re: Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO

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Post by gitowiec » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 9:41 PM UTC

gardnr wrote: post #7

I remember in 2010 when Chrome made the web so much better for everyone. All the early adopters were singing its praise and encouraging friends and family to use it. Now, I encourage people to use anything but Chrome. Firefox is really great these days.

I will keep the same

Re: Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO

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Post by thenewwazoo » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 9:41 PM UTC

mlh496 wrote: post #16

I've been using the Brave browser for years. I just turned off all the crypto stuff. How does Firefox today compare with Brave today?

You don't have to turn off any crypto stuff.

Re: Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO

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Post by ValentineC » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 9:42 PM UTC

I made a conscious attempt to try to switch to Zen (built on Gecko/Firefox), but ended up switching back to Chromium-based browsers because pages just feel like they load faster with Chromium. :(

Re: Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO

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Post by achr2 » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 9:42 PM UTC

Waterfox is the best browser I have ever used. Native tree style tabs, minimalist UI, built in ad blocking, Firefox extensions.