We’ve been anticipating it for years,1 and it’s finally happening. Google is finally killing uBlock Origin – with a note on their web store stating that the extension will soon no longer be available because it “doesn’t follow the best practices for Chrome extensions”.2 Daly Barnett. “Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 is Deceitful and Threatening.” EFF, December 9, 2021. ↩ Lawrence Abrams. “Google warns uBlock Origin and other extensions may be disabled soon.” Bleeping Computer, October 13, 2024. ↩

We’ve been anticipating it for years,1 and it’s finally happening. Google is finally killing uBlock Origin – with a note on their web store stating that the …

    • AlternateRoute@lemmy.caEnglish
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      16 days ago

      No, HVEC / H.265 codec support so no modern 4K security camera or plex/jellyfin etc high quality video support.

      • cum@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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        15 days ago

        https://caniuse.com/hevc

        looks like the bigger issue is hvec itself. Also the support is extremely spotty with all the other browsers as well, with it still only having limited support in Chrome as well depending on your hardware.

        Or just use av1 instead. I’ve literally never run into this as an issue before lol.

      • wax@feddit.nuEnglish
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        16 days ago

        Probably no ads on your self-hosted frigate/jellyfin pages though, so you can just keep using chrome for that ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯