Google Pulled Manifest V2 Extensions From the Chrome Web Store, uBlock Origin Included

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The removal hit the HN front page at 689 points and 527 comments, the largest thread of the cycle, ending the long MV2 wind-down by delisting rather than deprecating. The comment thread splits on whether this is a safety measure or revenue protection, with the strongest practitioner argument being that ad blocking is itself now a security control for non-technical users facing scamware and fake update prompts. Workarounds practitioners are actually using: Firefox with the full uBlock Origin, uBlock Origin Lite on MV3 with reduced filtering, and network-level DNS filtering such as AdGuard on a Raspberry Pi.