[endgame]

The technical reason was that uBlock Origin uses the "Manifest V2" extension interface. The new "Manifest V3" standard ever-so-coincidentally doesn't provide the tools necessary for thorough ad-blockers like UBO.

You should switch to a browser that maintains support for good ad-blockers.

[MR4D]

And this is why I agree with the government that Google has to sell off Chrome.

This behavior just pisses me off. “Don’t do evil”, my ass.

[unsnap_biceps]

They removed "Don't be evil" sometime in 2018

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_be_evil

[MyelinatedT]

The issue here is that in order to do its thing, uBlock Origin requires quite extensive access to the browser context, including the ability to intercept network traffic.

It’s pretty easy to see how this could be abused by malicious extensions, and security is the stated reason behind many of the Manifest v3 changes.

So it’s not clear that this is Google “being evil”, so much as it is trying to force web security forward, at the expense of user experience.

[shiroiushi]

And who do you think is going to buy it? And why wouldn't they do the same?

[MR4D]

Because whoever buys it won’t also control search.

Clearly it won’t be MSFT or AAPL, and given other DOJ investigations, unlikely to be AMZN. So I at least feel we have a fighting chance in someone else’s hands.

Fingers crossed of course. But it’s a chance.

[tmottabr]

Dont know about that..

I do see MS buying it but keeping it as an independent foundation and letting other join to vote and help steer development... I could see Google itself doing this to chromium to avoid loose chrome..

Apple is more unlikely since they do not use Chromiun or Blink for Safari, but give that Blink is a fork of WebKit that is what Apple use in Safari i would not say chances are zero..

[MR4D]

Fair.

My guesses would be Oracle, IBM, or Private Equity.

[malfist]

The Apache foundation can take it

[wodenokoto]

In their defense it’s a long time ago they officially conceded on not being evil.