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	On March 4, 2025, [https://consumerrights.wiki/Google_Chrome Google Chrome] automatically disabled [https://ublockorigin.com/ uBlock Origin], the most popular content blocker to date<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Privacy & Security \|url=https://chromewebstore.google.com/category/extensions/make_chrome_yours/privacy \|url-status=live \|access-date=16 Aug 2025 \|website=Chrome Web Store}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=6,320 extensions found in Privacy & Security \|url=https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/extensions/category/privacy-security/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=8 Aug 2025 \|website=addons.mozilla.org}}</ref>, for all users as part of shift to the [https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate/what-is-mv3 Manifest V3] version of Chrome.		On March 4, 2025, [https://consumerrights.wiki/Google_Chrome Google Chrome] automatically disabled [https://ublockorigin.com/ uBlock Origin], the most popular content blocker to date<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Privacy & Security \|url=https://chromewebstore.google.com/category/extensions/make_chrome_yours/privacy \|url-status=live \|access-date=16 Aug 2025 \|website=Chrome Web Store \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260127141835/https://chromewebstore.google.com/category/extensions/make_chrome_yours/privacy \|archive-date=27 Jan 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=6,320 extensions found in Privacy & Security \|url=https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/extensions/category/privacy-security/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=8 Aug 2025 \|website=addons.mozilla.org \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260126003200/https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/extensions/category/privacy-security/ \|archive-date=26 Jan 2026}}</ref>, for all users as part of shift to the [https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate/what-is-mv3 Manifest V3] version of Chrome.

	==Background==		==Background==
	µBlock, first published on June 23rd, 2014, was forked into uBlock Origin, released on Jun 23, 2018<ref>{{Cite web \|title=uBlock Release 0.1.0.2 \|url=https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/0.1.0.2 \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-22 \|website=GitHub}}</ref>. It is a wide-spectrum content blocker<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Blocking mode \|url=https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-22 \|website=GitHub}}</ref> that browser users may install as an extension to block unwanted content while browsing the web, including advertisements, scripts, pop-ups, malware, crypominers, trackers, remote fonts, and more. It provides many benefits for users including lowered CPU usage, lowered memory usage, lowered network bandwidth usage, improved privacy, and improved security. uBlock Origin empowers users to take control of what is loaded and run in their computer's browser, providing users with a faster, safer, and less obtrusive web browsing experience.		µBlock, first published on June 23rd, 2014, was forked into uBlock Origin, released on Jun 23, 2018<ref>{{Cite web \|title=uBlock Release 0.1.0.2 \|url=https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/0.1.0.2 \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-22 \|website=GitHub \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251104144926/https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/0.1.0.2 \|archive-date=4 Nov 2025}}</ref>. It is a wide-spectrum content blocker<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Blocking mode \|url=https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-22 \|website=GitHub \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260116113935/https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode \|archive-date=16 Jan 2026}}</ref> that browser users may install as an extension to block unwanted content while browsing the web, including advertisements, scripts, pop-ups, malware, crypominers, trackers, remote fonts, and more. It provides many benefits for users including lowered CPU usage, lowered memory usage, lowered network bandwidth usage, improved privacy, and improved security. uBlock Origin empowers users to take control of what is loaded and run in their computer's browser, providing users with a faster, safer, and less obtrusive web browsing experience.

	==Introduction of Manifest V3==		==Introduction of Manifest V3==
	In 2018, Google announced that it would begin a shift to a new version of Google Chrome extension manifest called Manifest V3, or MV3 for short, "to create stronger security, privacy, and performance guarantees."<ref>{{Cite web \|date=1 Oct 2018 \|title=Trustworthy Chrome Extensions, by default \|url=https://blog.chromium.org/2018/10/trustworthy-chrome-extensions-by-default.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=23 Mar 2025 \|website=Chromium Blog}}</ref> In 2020, Google released a beta version of MV3,<ref>{{Cite web \|date=9 Dec 2020 \|title=Manifest V3 now available on M88 Beta \|url=https://blog.chromium.org/2020/12/manifest-v3-now-available-on-m88-beta.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=23 Mar 2025 \|website=Chromium Blog}}</ref> and by early 2022, Google Chrome disallowed users to release extensions on the Chrome Web Store that were only incompatible with MV3.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=9 Oct 2024 \|title=Manifest V2 support timeline \|url=https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate/mv2-deprecation-timeline \|url-status=live \|access-date=23 Mar 2025 \|website=Chrome for Developers}}</ref>		In 2018, Google announced that it would begin a shift to a new version of Google Chrome extension manifest called Manifest V3, or MV3 for short, "to create stronger security, privacy, and performance guarantees."<ref>{{Cite web \|date=1 Oct 2018 \|title=Trustworthy Chrome Extensions, by default \|url=https://blog.chromium.org/2018/10/trustworthy-chrome-extensions-by-default.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=23 Mar 2025 \|website=Chromium Blog \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222172808/https://blog.chromium.org/2018/10/trustworthy-chrome-extensions-by-default.html \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026}}</ref> In 2020, Google released a beta version of MV3,<ref>{{Cite web \|date=9 Dec 2020 \|title=Manifest V3 now available on M88 Beta \|url=https://blog.chromium.org/2020/12/manifest-v3-now-available-on-m88-beta.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=23 Mar 2025 \|website=Chromium Blog \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260112101352/https://blog.chromium.org/2020/12/manifest-v3-now-available-on-m88-beta.html \|archive-date=12 Jan 2026}}</ref> and by early 2022, Google Chrome disallowed users to release extensions on the Chrome Web Store that were only incompatible with MV3.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=9 Oct 2024 \|title=Manifest V2 support timeline \|url=https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate/mv2-deprecation-timeline \|url-status=live \|access-date=23 Mar 2025 \|website=Chrome for Developers \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222183954/https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate/mv2-deprecation-timeline \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026}}</ref>

	==Google's response==		==Google's response==

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 On March 4, 2025, [https://consumerrights.wiki/Google_Chrome Google Chrome] automatically disabled [https://ublockorigin.com/ uBlock Origin], the most popular content blocker to date<ref>{{Cite web |title=Privacy & Security |url=https://chromewebstore.google.com/category/extensions/make_chrome_yours/privacy |url-status=live |access-date=16 Aug 2025 |website=Chrome Web Store}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=6,320 extensions found in Privacy & Security |url=https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/extensions/category/privacy-security/ |url-status=live |access-date=8 Aug 2025 |website=addons.mozilla.org}}</ref>, for all users as part of shift to the [https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate/what-is-mv3 Manifest V3] version of Chrome.

AnotherConsumerRightsPerson: -boxes

2025-11-14T17:21:09Z

-boxes

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	==Introduction of Manifest V3==		==Introduction of Manifest V3==
	~~{{Placeholder box\|Change this section's title to be descriptive of the incident.~~		In 2018, Google announced that it would begin a shift to a new version of Google Chrome extension manifest called Manifest V3, or MV3 for short, "to create stronger security, privacy, and performance guarantees."<ref>{{Cite web \|date=1 Oct 2018 \|title=Trustworthy Chrome Extensions, by default \|url=https://blog.chromium.org/2018/10/trustworthy-chrome-extensions-by-default.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=23 Mar 2025 \|website=Chromium Blog}}</ref> In 2020, Google released a beta version of MV3,<ref>{{Cite web \|date=9 Dec 2020 \|title=Manifest V3 now available on M88 Beta \|url=https://blog.chromium.org/2020/12/manifest-v3-now-available-on-m88-beta.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=23 Mar 2025 \|website=Chromium Blog}}</ref> and by early 2022, Google Chrome disallowed users to release extensions on the Chrome Web Store that were only incompatible with MV3.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=9 Oct 2024 \|title=Manifest V2 support timeline \|url=https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate/mv2-deprecation-timeline \|url-status=live \|access-date=23 Mar 2025 \|website=Chrome for Developers}}</ref>

	~~Impartial and complete description of the events, including actions taken by the company, and the timeline of the incident coming to the public's attention.}}~~In 2018, Google announced that it would begin a shift to a new version of Google Chrome extension manifest called Manifest V3, or MV3 for short, "to create stronger security, privacy, and performance guarantees."<ref>{{Cite web \|date=1 Oct 2018 \|title=Trustworthy Chrome Extensions, by default \|url=https://blog.chromium.org/2018/10/trustworthy-chrome-extensions-by-default.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=23 Mar 2025 \|website=Chromium Blog}}</ref> In 2020, Google released a beta version of MV3,<ref>{{Cite web \|date=9 Dec 2020 \|title=Manifest V3 now available on M88 Beta \|url=https://blog.chromium.org/2020/12/manifest-v3-now-available-on-m88-beta.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=23 Mar 2025 \|website=Chromium Blog}}</ref> and by early 2022, Google Chrome disallowed users to release extensions on the Chrome Web Store that were only incompatible with MV3.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=9 Oct 2024 \|title=Manifest V2 support timeline \|url=https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate/mv2-deprecation-timeline \|url-status=live \|access-date=23 Mar 2025 \|website=Chrome for Developers}}</ref>

	==Google's response==		==Google's response==
	{{Placeholder box\|If applicable, add the proposed solution to the issues by the company.}}		{{Placeholder box\|If applicable, add the proposed solution to the issues by the company.}}
	==Consumer response==		==Consumer response==
	~~{{Placeholder box\|Summary and key issues of prevailing sentiment from the consumers and commentators that can be documented via articles, emails to support, reviews and forum posts.}}~~

	There are doubts that MV3 does much for the security, since according to the [https://www.eff.org/ Electronic Frontier Foundation], "when a malicious extension sneaks through the security review process, it is usually interested in simply observing the conversation between your browser and whatever websites you visit"<ref name=":0">{{Cite news \|last=Barnett \|first=Daly \|date=9 December 2021 \|title=Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 is Deceitful and Threatening \|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/chrome-users-beware-manifest-v3-deceitful-and-threatening#MV3quotes \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250727115638/https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/chrome-users-beware-manifest-v3-deceitful-and-threatening#MV3quotes \|archive-date=27 Jul 2025 \|access-date=16 Aug 2025 \|work=Electronic Frontier Foundation}}</ref>. And to quote Firefox’s Add-On Operations Manager: "they can still do that with the current webRequest API that is not blocking".<ref name=":0" />		There are doubts that MV3 does much for the security, since according to the [https://www.eff.org/ Electronic Frontier Foundation], "when a malicious extension sneaks through the security review process, it is usually interested in simply observing the conversation between your browser and whatever websites you visit"<ref name=":0">{{Cite news \|last=Barnett \|first=Daly \|date=9 December 2021 \|title=Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 is Deceitful and Threatening \|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/chrome-users-beware-manifest-v3-deceitful-and-threatening#MV3quotes \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250727115638/https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/chrome-users-beware-manifest-v3-deceitful-and-threatening#MV3quotes \|archive-date=27 Jul 2025 \|access-date=16 Aug 2025 \|work=Electronic Frontier Foundation}}</ref>. And to quote Firefox’s Add-On Operations Manager: "they can still do that with the current webRequest API that is not blocking".<ref name=":0" />

Drakeula: Drakeula moved page Google automatically disables uBlock Origin on Google Chrome to Google Chrome automatically disables uBlock Origin: Company - product - particulars

2025-11-06T05:58:54Z

Drakeula moved page Google automatically disables uBlock Origin on Google Chrome to Google Chrome automatically disables uBlock Origin: Company - product - particulars

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AnotherConsumerRightsPerson: pls dont link to that

2025-10-30T17:48:37Z

pls dont link to that

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	{{Placeholder box\|Change this section's title to be descriptive of the incident.		{{Placeholder box\|Change this section's title to be descriptive of the incident.

	Impartial and complete description of the events, including actions taken by the company, and the timeline of the incident coming to the public's attention.}}In 2018, Google announced that it would begin a shift to a new version of Google Chrome extension manifest called Manifest V3, or MV3 for short, "to create stronger security, privacy, and performance guarantees."<ref>{{Cite web \|date=1 Oct 2018 \|title=Trustworthy Chrome Extensions, by default \|url=https://blog.chromium.org/2018/10/trustworthy-chrome-extensions-by-default.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=23 Mar 2025 \|website=Chromium Blog}}</ref> In 2020, Google released a beta version of MV3,<ref>{{Cite web \|date=9 Dec 2020 \|title=Manifest V3 now available on M88 Beta \|url=https://blog.chromium.org/2020/12/manifest-v3-now-available-on-m88-beta.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=23 Mar 2025 \|website=Chromium Blog}}</ref> and by early 2022, Google Chrome disallowed users to release extensions on the ~~[https://chromewebstore.google.com/~~ Chrome Web Store] that were only incompatible with MV3.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=9 Oct 2024 \|title=Manifest V2 support timeline \|url=https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate/mv2-deprecation-timeline \|url-status=live \|access-date=23 Mar 2025 \|website=Chrome for Developers}}</ref>		Impartial and complete description of the events, including actions taken by the company, and the timeline of the incident coming to the public's attention.}}In 2018, Google announced that it would begin a shift to a new version of Google Chrome extension manifest called Manifest V3, or MV3 for short, "to create stronger security, privacy, and performance guarantees."<ref>{{Cite web \|date=1 Oct 2018 \|title=Trustworthy Chrome Extensions, by default \|url=https://blog.chromium.org/2018/10/trustworthy-chrome-extensions-by-default.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=23 Mar 2025 \|website=Chromium Blog}}</ref> In 2020, Google released a beta version of MV3,<ref>{{Cite web \|date=9 Dec 2020 \|title=Manifest V3 now available on M88 Beta \|url=https://blog.chromium.org/2020/12/manifest-v3-now-available-on-m88-beta.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=23 Mar 2025 \|website=Chromium Blog}}</ref> and by early 2022, Google Chrome disallowed users to release extensions on the Chrome Web Store that were only incompatible with MV3.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=9 Oct 2024 \|title=Manifest V2 support timeline \|url=https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate/mv2-deprecation-timeline \|url-status=live \|access-date=23 Mar 2025 \|website=Chrome for Developers}}</ref>

	==Google's response==		==Google's response==

Keith: Keith moved page Google automatically disables uBlock Origin adblocker on Google Chrome to Google automatically disables uBlock Origin on Google Chrome: removed adblocker from title since it is not technically an adblocker, and the title is still fine without the word

2025-09-03T21:18:05Z

Keith moved page Google automatically disables uBlock Origin adblocker on Google Chrome to Google automatically disables uBlock Origin on Google Chrome: removed adblocker from title since it is not technically an adblocker, and the title is still fine without the word

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AnotherConsumerRightsPerson: Ublock is not an adblocker. If you don't believe me, check their website.

2025-09-03T13:50:19Z

Ublock is not an adblocker. If you don't believe me, check their website.

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	{{Incomplete\|Issue 1=It needs up to date information of the current state of Manifest V3, and how it currently impact users still that are still using Google Chrome.}}		{{Incomplete\|Issue 1=It needs up to date information of the current state of Manifest V3, and how it currently impact users still that are still using Google Chrome.}}

	On March 4, 2025, [https://consumerrights.wiki/Google_Chrome Google Chrome] automatically disabled [https://ublockorigin.com/ uBlock Origin], the most popular ~~adblocker~~ to date<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Privacy & Security \|url=https://chromewebstore.google.com/category/extensions/make_chrome_yours/privacy \|url-status=live \|access-date=16 Aug 2025 \|website=Chrome Web Store}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=6,320 extensions found in Privacy & Security \|url=https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/extensions/category/privacy-security/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=8 Aug 2025 \|website=addons.mozilla.org}}</ref>, for all users as part of shift to the [https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate/what-is-mv3 Manifest V3] version of Chrome.		On March 4, 2025, [https://consumerrights.wiki/Google_Chrome Google Chrome] automatically disabled [https://ublockorigin.com/ uBlock Origin], the most popular content blocker to date<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Privacy & Security \|url=https://chromewebstore.google.com/category/extensions/make_chrome_yours/privacy \|url-status=live \|access-date=16 Aug 2025 \|website=Chrome Web Store}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=6,320 extensions found in Privacy & Security \|url=https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/extensions/category/privacy-security/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=8 Aug 2025 \|website=addons.mozilla.org}}</ref>, for all users as part of shift to the [https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate/what-is-mv3 Manifest V3] version of Chrome.

	==Background==		==Background==

JackFromWisconsin: JackFromWisconsin moved page Google Automatically Disables uBlock Origin Adblocker on Google Chrome to Google automatically disables uBlock Origin adblocker on Google Chrome: Misspelled title: Not in sentence case

2025-08-22T18:22:41Z

JackFromWisconsin moved page Google Automatically Disables uBlock Origin Adblocker on Google Chrome to Google automatically disables uBlock Origin adblocker on Google Chrome: Misspelled title: Not in sentence case

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Lemntum: Corrections to uBO background

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Corrections to uBO background

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	==Background==		==Background==
	~~Released in~~ 2014, uBlock Origin is a ~~comprehensive adblocker~~ that browser users may install as an extension to ~~avoid advertisements~~ while browsing the web. ~~Given the ever present nature of advertisements on websites~~, uBlock Origin ~~provides~~ users with a faster and less obtrusive web browsing experience.		µBlock, first published on June 23rd, 2014, was forked into uBlock Origin, released on Jun 23, 2018<ref>{{Cite web \|title=uBlock Release 0.1.0.2 \|url=https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/0.1.0.2 \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-22 \|website=GitHub}}</ref>. It is a wide-spectrum content blocker<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Blocking mode \|url=https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-22 \|website=GitHub}}</ref> that browser users may install as an extension to block unwanted content while browsing the web, including advertisements, scripts, pop-ups, malware, crypominers, trackers, remote fonts, and more. It provides many benefits for users including lowered CPU usage, lowered memory usage, lowered network bandwidth usage, improved privacy, and improved security. uBlock Origin empowers users to take control of what is loaded and run in their computer's browser, providing users with a faster, safer, and less obtrusive web browsing experience.

	==Introduction of Manifest V3==		==Introduction of Manifest V3==

Reform: Provided clarity on a particular quoted phrase, showing that it came directly from EFF

2025-08-17T16:30:38Z

Provided clarity on a particular quoted phrase, showing that it came directly from EFF

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	Impartial and complete description of the events, including actions taken by the company, and the timeline of the incident coming to the public's attention.}}In 2018, Google announced that it would begin a shift to a new version of Google Chrome extension manifest called Manifest V3, or MV3 for short, "to create stronger security, privacy, and performance guarantees."<ref>{{Cite web \|date=1 Oct 2018 \|title=Trustworthy Chrome Extensions, by default \|url=https://blog.chromium.org/2018/10/trustworthy-chrome-extensions-by-default.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=23 Mar 2025 \|website=Chromium Blog}}</ref> In 2020, Google released a beta version of MV3,<ref>{{Cite web \|date=9 Dec 2020 \|title=Manifest V3 now available on M88 Beta \|url=https://blog.chromium.org/2020/12/manifest-v3-now-available-on-m88-beta.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=23 Mar 2025 \|website=Chromium Blog}}</ref> and by early 2022, Google Chrome disallowed users to release extensions on the [https://chromewebstore.google.com/ Chrome Web Store] that were only incompatible with MV3.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=9 Oct 2024 \|title=Manifest V2 support timeline \|url=https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate/mv2-deprecation-timeline \|url-status=live \|access-date=23 Mar 2025 \|website=Chrome for Developers}}</ref>		Impartial and complete description of the events, including actions taken by the company, and the timeline of the incident coming to the public's attention.}}In 2018, Google announced that it would begin a shift to a new version of Google Chrome extension manifest called Manifest V3, or MV3 for short, "to create stronger security, privacy, and performance guarantees."<ref>{{Cite web \|date=1 Oct 2018 \|title=Trustworthy Chrome Extensions, by default \|url=https://blog.chromium.org/2018/10/trustworthy-chrome-extensions-by-default.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=23 Mar 2025 \|website=Chromium Blog}}</ref> In 2020, Google released a beta version of MV3,<ref>{{Cite web \|date=9 Dec 2020 \|title=Manifest V3 now available on M88 Beta \|url=https://blog.chromium.org/2020/12/manifest-v3-now-available-on-m88-beta.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=23 Mar 2025 \|website=Chromium Blog}}</ref> and by early 2022, Google Chrome disallowed users to release extensions on the [https://chromewebstore.google.com/ Chrome Web Store] that were only incompatible with MV3.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=9 Oct 2024 \|title=Manifest V2 support timeline \|url=https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate/mv2-deprecation-timeline \|url-status=live \|access-date=23 Mar 2025 \|website=Chrome for Developers}}</ref>

	== Google's response ==		==Google's response==
	{{Placeholder box\|If applicable, add the proposed solution to the issues by the company.}}		{{Placeholder box\|If applicable, add the proposed solution to the issues by the company.}}
	==Consumer response==		==Consumer response==
	{{Placeholder box\|Summary and key issues of prevailing sentiment from the consumers and commentators that can be documented via articles, emails to support, reviews and forum posts.}}		{{Placeholder box\|Summary and key issues of prevailing sentiment from the consumers and commentators that can be documented via articles, emails to support, reviews and forum posts.}}

	There are doubts that MV3 does much for the security, since "when a malicious extension sneaks through the security review process, it is usually interested in simply observing the conversation between your browser and whatever websites you visit"<ref name=":0">{{Cite news \|last=Barnett \|first=Daly \|date=9 December 2021 \|title=Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 is Deceitful and Threatening \|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/chrome-users-beware-manifest-v3-deceitful-and-threatening#MV3quotes \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250727115638/https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/chrome-users-beware-manifest-v3-deceitful-and-threatening#MV3quotes \|archive-date=27 Jul 2025 \|access-date=16 Aug 2025 \|work=Electronic Frontier Foundation}}</ref>. And to quote Firefox’s Add-On Operations Manager: "they can still do that with the current webRequest API that is not blocking".<ref name=":0" />		There are doubts that MV3 does much for the security, since according to the [https://www.eff.org/ Electronic Frontier Foundation], "when a malicious extension sneaks through the security review process, it is usually interested in simply observing the conversation between your browser and whatever websites you visit"<ref name=":0">{{Cite news \|last=Barnett \|first=Daly \|date=9 December 2021 \|title=Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 is Deceitful and Threatening \|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/chrome-users-beware-manifest-v3-deceitful-and-threatening#MV3quotes \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250727115638/https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/chrome-users-beware-manifest-v3-deceitful-and-threatening#MV3quotes \|archive-date=27 Jul 2025 \|access-date=16 Aug 2025 \|work=Electronic Frontier Foundation}}</ref>. And to quote Firefox’s Add-On Operations Manager: "they can still do that with the current webRequest API that is not blocking".<ref name=":0" />

	Users can still browse the web without ads and with reduced tracking by switching to a browser which continues to support Manifest V2 and the full version of uBlock Origin, such as [https://www.getfirefox.com Mozilla Firefox] or the Chromium-based [https://brave.com/ Brave].		Users can still browse the web without ads and with reduced tracking by switching to a browser which continues to support Manifest V2 and the full version of uBlock Origin, such as [https://www.getfirefox.com Mozilla Firefox] or the Chromium-based [https://brave.com/ Brave].