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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Released in 2014, uBlock Origin is a comprehensive adblocker that search engine users may install as an extension to avoid advertisements while searching the web. Given the ever present nature of advertisements on search engines, uBlock Origin provides users with a faster and less obtrusive search engine experience. In 2018 | Released in 2014, uBlock Origin is a comprehensive adblocker that search engine users may install as an extension to avoid advertisements while searching the web. Given the ever present nature of advertisements on search engines, uBlock Origin provides users with a faster and less obtrusive search engine experience. | ||
In 2018, Google announced that it would begin a shift to a new version of Google Chrome extension manifest called MV3 "to create stronger security, privacy, and performance guarantees."<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://blog.chromium.org/2018/10/trustworthy-chrome-extensions-by-default.html}}</ref> In 2020, Google released a beta version of MV3.<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://blog.chromium.org/2020/12/manifest-v3-now-available-on-m88-beta.html}}</ref> By early 2022, Google Chrome disallowed users to release extensions on the Chrome Extension Store, also known as the Chrome Webstore, that were only incompatible with MV3.<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate/mv2-deprecation-timeline}}</ref> | |||
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