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Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did (www.theverge.com)

submitted 3 months ago by lemmydev2@infosec.pub [B] to c/pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub

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Microsoft Edge is ending support for the Manifest V2 extensions platform, which will cut off the uBlock Origin adblocker and others like it, just like Google Chrome did earlier this year. According to Microsoft, there are only 58 extensions on the Edge Add-On Store "with any meaningful usage" that still use MV2, and only three […]

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[–] BaroqueInMind@piefed.social 5 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Easy. Use PowerShell:

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-latest-ssl&os=win64&lang=en-US" -OutFile "$env:TEMP\FirefoxSetup.exe"; Start-Process -FilePath "$env:TEMP\FirefoxSetup.exe" -ArgumentList "/S" -Wait; Remove-Item "$env:TEMP\FirefoxSetup.exe"

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[–] drkt@scribe.disroot.org 6 points 3 months ago

and people make fun of linux users

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