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Chrome will block one of its biggest ad blockers(www.pcworld.com)

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uBlock Origin will soon stop functioning in Chrome as Google transitions to new browser extension rules.

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This is the most succinct, unbiased explanation I’ve seen for this change. Thank you for this! It’s good to know there’s an unintended security improvement in their otherwise brazen attempt to kill ad blockers on Chrome.

Fuck Google.

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