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The latest Edge Canary version started disabling Manifest V2-based extensions with the following message: "This extension is no longer supported. Microsoft Edge recommends that you remove it." Although the browser turns off old extensions without asking, you can still make them work by clicking "Manage extension" and toggling it back (you will have to acknowledge another prompt).

At this point, it is not entirely clear what is going on. Google started phasing out Manifest V2 extensions in June 2024, and it has a clear roadmap for the process. Microsoft's documentation, however, still says "TBD," so the exact dates are not known yet. This leads to some speculating about the situation being one of "unexpected changes" coming from Chromium. Either way, sooner or later, Microsoft will ditch MV2-based extensions, so get ready as we wait for Microsoft to shine some light on its plans.

Another thing worth noting is that the change does not appear to be affecting Edge's stable release or Beta/Dev Channels. For now, only Canary versions disable uBlock Origin and other MV2 extensions, leaving users a way to toggle them back on. Also, the uBlock Origin is still available in the Edge Add-ons store

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 12 minutes ago

Yeah, if you didn't see that writing on the wall you need your eyes testing.

No Chrome browser will be maintained to keep using Manifest V2.

Use Firefox.

[–] JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml 18 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Microsoft is a spineless removed.

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Why is it that when I see removed, it's always from lemmy.ml, is that the only instance with the filter enabled

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

It's the biggest one still federated with .world with that filter.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

How would lemmy.ml being federated with lemmy.world affect how a user on sopuli.xyz sees content posted by a lemmy.ml account?

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

It's more that .ml is the biggest instance with that filter that will show up on .world, the biggest instance overall. So statistically, unless they are specifically looking at instances with automatic slur post filtering, this is the situation they will notice it in. They aren't seeing the content differently, the removed is happening at the post so it's the same experience for everybody.

[–] DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 43 points 1 day ago (5 children)
[–] teamevil@lemmy.world 15 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

The browser you use to download Firefox

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 points 51 minutes ago

The browser you use to download Firefox

Huh? Just type winget install Mozilla.Firefox into PowerShell / cmd.

[–] JLock17@lemmy.world 16 points 20 hours ago

The thing you use once to download firefox, and then never again.

[–] foobarbaz@lemm.ee 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

They get you really close but stop just before finishing.

[–] xavier666@lemm.ee 8 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] oplkill@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] dukatos@lemm.ee 8 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Let me help you:

flatpak install flathub com.microsoft.Edge

[–] JLock17@lemmy.world 11 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Why would you do this to him

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 18 hours ago

Because the best sort of shit post is one that's also informative!

[–] kava@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

a chromium skin

[–] Petter1@lemm.ee 24 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Nooo, it is browser on my workplace! How should I work efficiently without uBlock!?!?

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Tell IT and your boss how your productivity tanked since edge disabled uBlock.

[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago

Click on all the ads and install all the malware. That will teach them.

[–] Mayoman68@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

This might actually reverse firefox's decline in userbase at least in the business world. Any shop that already has multi-OS management could probably insta-switch to firefox, and i'm sure that MS locked-in places could too given enough of a push by IT.

[–] Miaou@jlai.lu 1 points 17 hours ago

I saw one guy from my it team use a browser without adblock. Please send help

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

So, unironically, I do plan to request Firefox with uBlock Origin as a reasonable accomodation for my ADHD if I'm not able to use it at a job in the future. Banner ads are genuinely distracting and I have a real disability that makes them worse for me.

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[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

My work insists on using it too. Fuck knows why, maybe it's a security thing? And my personal laptop is constantly nagging me to use edge - it could be the best browser ever and I would still avoid it just because of the pushiness.

[–] OfficerBribe@lemm.ee 2 points 27 minutes ago* (last edited 24 minutes ago)

It's a good Chromium based Windows native browser that has integration with your Entra ID account so all your bookmarks / history is automatically synced and users have seamless experience when switching devices. No longer seeing tickets like ″My bookmarks are gone after I reinstalled my PC″ is enough to consider Edge as your company main browser. And the fact that it is part of OS, you do not need to worry about install and patching.

I prefer Firefox, but from Chromium browsers Edge is really good, you cannot expect companies to suggest something like Vivaldi.

This is for companies being in M365 ecosystem. If you are in Google then I suppose Chrome would make more sense.

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[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Right, you don't need extensions, because you don't need customization, because what you need is what we the corp say you need.

I think Web as it exists is a failed branch of evolution.

A networked (solved) hypertext (solved) document (solved) system - yes. A networked hypertext system with one or two unbelievably complex clients, where only enormous corps have enough resources to change something, - no. One can add steps - E2E encryption, dynamic services, scripts, all not requiring a monolithic piece of nonsense.

BTW, those hating Flash, I hope, do realize that its proper, paradigm-abiding replacement would be a FOSS plugin with similar goal, not what we have.

[–] drthunder@midwest.social 3 points 19 hours ago

I feel similarly. Javascript was made to add some functionality to documents and now we're basically running Doom in a word professor. I don't know what a better system would look like, but I'd draw a line between document-type pages and pages that you want to do more on.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 225 points 1 day ago (18 children)
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[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 26 points 1 day ago (16 children)

people use edge? it downloads itself onto your computer without permission.

[–] Symphonic@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago

Honestly, it's pretty easy to dunk on edge. But it's based on the same chromium browser. They have excellent customer support. I have in the past submitted bug reports and they have followed up. Until now, they had pretty good privacy and options in their settings. With this v2 / v3 situation, I will have to reassess all that.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

It didn't for me on Linux :^)

[–] RickyWars@lemmy.ca 5 points 23 hours ago

I use it on my laptop because it doesn't nuke my laptop's battery like all other browsers. So it's a bit of a shame.

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[–] Chivera@lemmy.world 246 points 1 day ago (29 children)
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[–] Krik@lemmy.dbzer0.com 49 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)
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