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Adblock Plus 4.0 released, uses Manifest V3 on Chrome (adblockplus.org)
8 points by tech234a on April 30, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


> Known issues due to Manifest v3 limitations

> The size of the extension package has increased ?significantly. We are investigating various ways to reduce the size of future Adblock Plus versions.

> Filter lists from third-party sources have been disabled temporarily and won’t show up in the extension’s settings. Those filter lists will be restored with a subsequent update.

> Filter lists may fail to update. This problem is more likely to occur for users with many custom filters.

These are really interesting side effects, but it doesn't seem like the plugin is completely broken like many people (myself included) anticipated.


Hard pass. Ublock Origin is better across the board.


There is uBlock Origin Lite which is mv3 and works great.




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