Google pulled Manifest V2 extensions from the Chrome Web Store, uBlock Origin included.

689 points and 527 comments, the largest thread of the cycle, ending the MV2 wind-down by delisting rather than deprecating (Hacker News). The thread splits on safety versus revenue protection, with the strongest practitioner argument being that ad blocking is now itself a security control for non-technical users facing scamware and fake update prompts. Workarounds people report using: Firefox with full uBlock Origin, uBlock Origin Lite on MV3 with reduced filtering, and network-level DNS filtering.