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Google's Chrome Shift Sparks Outrage Over User Privacy

3/7/2025

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Google's decision to disable beloved Chrome extensions like uBlock Origin has sparked outrage among users and developers alike. As the tech giant shifts to the Manifest V3 specification by June 3, 2024, many fear this move prioritizes advertisers over user autonomy, threatening online privacy and functionality across all Chromium-based browsers.

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Google's decision to disable beloved Chrome extensions like uBlock Origin has sparked outrage among users and developers alike. As the tech giant shifts to the Manifest V3 specification by June 3, 2024, many fear this move prioritizes advertisers over user autonomy, threatening online privacy and functionality across all Chromium-based browsers.