Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did

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• Sharkticon@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Oh no. What will the 9 people who use Edge do?

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• Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Who the fuck uses edge anyhoo?

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• freshfusion@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Not surprising for them to drop MV2, I expected it to happen even sooner, you would have to go out of your way to support MV2 extensions on chromium based browsers, and I do not see a reason for Microsoft to do that.

  I get the impression that people want MV2 primarily for better ad/script blocking, but maybe the more secure and efficient way to go is to have built in adblocking. Firefox recently integrated adblock-rust, but you have to enable it in about:config and add filters manually, it seems very experimental and barebones at this moment compared to how it works in brave, for which it was written originally. It is probable some firefox forks expanded on this feature.

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  • BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There are plenty of browsers with integrated ad blocking. All of them are the afterthought not the focus though.

    Also, Google’s Blink, Mozilla’s Gecko and Apple’s WebKit are all developed by companies that have a financial stake in advertising business. Conflict of interests might not have direct impact tomorrow, but it’s not something we should blindly trust.

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• MajesticTechie@feddit.uk ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I bet the Venn Diagram of the “Uses Edge” and “Uses AdBlocker” is really small.

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  • Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I, unfortunately, must use it at work.

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    • allywilson@lemmy.ml ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Same, but it allows me to use DNS over HTTPS, so if you use a service like nextdns.io or a pihole you can block ads that way.

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    • Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Huh. I don’t know what’s happening in the corporate world but that kinda surprises me given chrome has way higher market share and generally the most traveled path is the easiest. And they’re the same thing under the hood

      I’m curious why

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• Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Guess I must continue to use the “horrible” Firefox. Oh no. Anyways…

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  • brap@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Good old Firefox. You were here before Chrome and you’re still the better option.

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    • sidebro@lemmy.zip ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Say what you want about it, but I have used it for like 15 years at this point

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  • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    A gentle reminder that Mozilla is actively using user data for AI modeling and Firefox (the compiled browser) is no longer considered Open Source but source available.

    Consider Ironfox or, my personal choice, waterfox as compatible alternatives.

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    • QuietCupcake@hexbear.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Consider Ironfox or, my personal choice, waterfox as compatible alternatives.

      I would also mention that LibreWolf is a great alternative browser and arguably the superior one if privacy is a top priority. It has served me well.

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    • pulsey@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      what do you mean they are using user data for AI modeling? I couldn’t find anything, besides they explicitly denying it.

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    • freeman@sh.itjust.works ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      What license did they change to that is not open source?

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• Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  “Older” makes it sound like they’ve stopped being maintained. Headline should say “better”

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• inari@piefed.zip ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I bet this will come as a terrible blow to Edge’s dozens of users

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  • sidebro@lemmy.zip ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah because all of them know about ad-blocking

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• bitteroldcoot@piefed.social ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  People actually use edge?

  I’ve only used it once, and that was to download a different browsers.

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I only ever open Edge to play the surfing themed SkiFree clone it has hidden in it.

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• VirtuePacket@lemmy.zip ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I don’t support ending support for mv2. But a recent study does indicate that mv3 ad blockers are getting the job done:

  doi.org/10.56553/popets-2026-0027

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  • Balinares@pawb.social ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Thanks for the link! I didn’t know about this study. Interesting. And not so surprising, maybe, if you followed the technical discussions that surrounded the design of MV3 at the time.

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• AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  So strange to me that people would choose to use edge or chrome when other free browsers exist that let you do what you want.

  The internet without an ad blocker is basically unusable

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• molten@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This is a sign to quit edging now.

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• TIEPilot@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  And I use neither… I so love my Firefox

  Ok off topic and you have to think in Russian:

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• apftwb@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Over the next few months, MV2 extensions will be gradually turned off by default. Users will be notified in advance and directed to recommended MV3 versions where available.

  These changes will start in the Canary, Dev, and Beta channels and gradually broaden to Stable in the following months, with the goal of completing the consumer transition by the end of 2026. Managed devices will not be affected during the consumer rollout. Enterprise deprecation will follow in early 2027.

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