Keep uBlock Origin in Chrome for another year by enabling Enterprise policy

Google is set to change the rules for extensions in Chrome, which will lead to the discontinuation of several popular extensions, including uBlock Origin, the leading ad-blocker. This change will also affect other Chromium-based browsers like Microsoft Edge and Opera. However, Brave has announced it will continue to support uBlock Origin and other extensions. Users can extend the support for uBlock Origin in Chrome for an additional year by modifying a registry setting on their Windows systems. This involves accessing the Registry Editor and changing the value of "ExtensionManifestV2Availability" to 2, which allows the classic extensions to remain functional for another year. Users on Linux and Mac can find similar instructions in Chrome's support documentation. Once the changes are implemented, uBlock Origin and other unsupported extensions will be disabled, although they will not be uninstalled immediately. Users will notice that advertisements will reappear on websites as the ad-blocker ceases to function. Google has begun notifying users about incompatible extensions through Chrome's extensions page.

- Google is discontinuing support for uBlock Origin in Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers.

- Users can extend support for uBlock Origin by modifying registry settings on Windows.

- Brave browser will continue to support uBlock Origin and other extensions.

- Once the changes are implemented, unsupported extensions will be disabled but not uninstalled.

- Users will see advertisements reappear on websites as ad-blockers stop functioning.