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Ahoy there, sailors! I previously posted this on r/animepiracy but it has since been removed. (Sent a DM to the mods in hopes to get the post back up) And so I’ve decided to post this here, if you haven’t heard about it already, Chrome Manifest V3 is coming, once introduced ALL your V2 extensions on Chrome & Chromium-based browsers will be disabled. Yes, all of them. Including your adblockers, Manifest V3 will limit the functionality of ALL extensions which of course includes adblockers and their ability to do their job adequately.

Straight from the horse’s mouth:

We will begin disabling Manifest V2 extensions in pre-stable versions of Chrome (Dev, Canary, and Beta) as early as June 2024, in Chrome 127 and later.

Users impacted by the rollout will see Manifest V2 extensions automatically disabled in their browser and will no longer be able to install Manifest V2 extensions from the Chrome Web Store.

Also in June 2024, Manifest V2 extensions will lose their Featured badge in the Chrome Web Store if they currently have one. Source

What does this mean? For those of you that use Chrome and haven’t seen an ad in ages, you will start seeing them soon. You won’t be able to do much about it, sure there will be workarounds but they won’t nearly be as safe as the already available and well-vetted extensions. And I’m certain adblocker devs are already hard at work but…

If you haven’t considered switching to Firefox before, now is the time. The following guide is from Firefox themselves, I merely copied and pasted it. All images from the official tutorial are linked to the original source. Here’s a link to the guide:

Switching from Chrome to Firefox

Switching from Google Chrome to Firefox is easy and risk-free! Firefox can automatically import your bookmarks, history, and other data from Chrome without deleting it or interfering with any of its settings. Give it a try.

  1. Don’t remove Chrome [yet]… We’ll need it to import your bookmarks and other
  • (Optional) If you have Google Chrome open tabs you want to save, bookmark them all in an easy-to-find location, such as in a new “Open Tabs” folder in the Bookmarks
  1. Download and install Firefox from Mozilla’s download page.
  2. Quit Chrome if you have it running.
  3. Open your newly-installed Firefox. The import tool will appear.
  • If it doesn’t, click the menu button (the icon is just three lines), select Settings and in the General panel, click on Import Data under the Import Browser Data section.
  1. Choose the Google Chrome profile and the data you wish to import.

Chrome import profile (image)

  • To choose the data you wish to import, click the + button.
  1. Click the Import button to start the import process.
  2. Click the Done button when the import has completed.

See the Import bookmarks and other data from Google Chrome article for more information.

Note: If you saved your open tabs in Google Chrome, find the “From Google Chrome” folder in the Firefox Bookmarks Toolbar, select the “Open Tabs” folder you created and click Open All in Tabs to open the tabs in Firefox. Open all bookmarks in tabs (image)

The following guide(s) were written by me, the uBlock Origin one was originally a guide I made in a comment for someone when I first made my account and figured it’d fit in perfectly in this post.

Recommended Extensions

The following are extensions I personally use, and highly recommend. I’ve also provided a guide on how to install uBlock Origin as well as recommended settings for both it and Firefox itself. If you have suggestions or add-ons that you personally would recommend feel free to comment them below, I’ll add them to the post.

uBlock Origin:

uBlock Origin is, according to the creator(s), not an “ad blocker” but a wide-spectrum content blocker with CPU and memory efficiency as a primary feature. Unlike Adblocker or Adblocker Plus there are no “acceptable” ads. If it’s an ad, it’s bad. That seems to be their motto. You can do a variety of things regarding adblocking like; block javascript, remote fonts, disable cosmetic filtering, block large media on a site & block all popups. That’s all out of the box, it also provides a vast constantly updated filter list and even allows for your own custom filters.

If you have any questions regarding uBlock Origin and/or need help check out r/uBlockOrigin as well as these resources:

Fixes for common issues:

YouTube MegaThread:

Official Wiki:

Github:

UBO is pretty much the only extension you’ll really need regarding ads, UBO + Enhanced Tracking Protection that Firefox provides by default is good enough.

Installing Ublock Origin on Firefox

Select the 3 lines on the top right of your browser, if you hover your mouse over it should say “Open application menu”. Select “Add-on and themes”, alternatively use the key combo: CTRL+SHIFT+A

Select the search bar, it should say: "Search addons.mozzila.org, enter “Ublock Origin” it will open a new tab and it should be the first result and have a “Recommended” highlight to it. Click on the result, then select the “Add to Firefox” button, afterwards when prompted select “Add”

Customizing Ublock Origin settings

After having installed it you should see a red icon with UB on the top right of your browser, click on it. If you do not see a the extension, locate the puzzle piece on your toolbar (when hovering over it should say “Extensions”. After selecting it you should see a pop-up you should then see “uBlock Origin”, select the gear icon next to it, then “Pin to Toolbar”.

After clicking on UB on the Toolbar you should see a prompt, this allows you to do a variety of different things regarding blocking ads but what you want to click is the gear icons on the bottom-right of the extension pop-up. When hovering over it with your mouse cursor it should say “Open the dashboard”.

This will open a new tab for adjusting your settings, Select “Filter lists”. From there check the following options:

✔️Auto-update filter lists

✔️Suspend network activity until all filter lists are loaded

✔️Parse and enforce cosmetic filters

Built-in

✔️uBlock filters

Ads

✔️AdGuard - Ads

✔️AdGuard - Mobile Ads

✔️EasyList

Privacy

✔️AdGuard Tracking Protection

✔️AdGuard URL Tracking Protection

✔️Block Outsider Intusion into LAN

✔️EasyPrivacy

Malware protection, security

✔️Online Malicious URL Blocklist

✔️Phishing URL blocklist

Multipurpose

✔️Peter Low’s Ad and tracking server list

Annoyances

✔️AdGuard - Annoyances

✔️EasyList - Annoyances

✔️uBlock filter - Annoyances

Change DNS Settings

The following is only really necessary in order to bypass website access limitations. If a website is blocked despite the VPN this should unblock it depending on your DNS choice. I can’t give a recommendation without being biased, FireFox has default DNS’s but it’s recommended to use other DNS providers. Also, please be aware that using a DNS can break sites and some DNS’s may not work with Firefox for a variety of reasons.

After choosing a DNS, open the application menu (the three lines at the top-right), select “Settings”, go to “Privacy & Security” scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page. Select “Max Protection”, under “Choose Provider” copy and paste the “Host Name” of whatever DNS you ended up choosing from the MegaThread link. “Max Protection” causes Firefox to always use the DNS that you’ve chosen no matter what. Whereas “Default Protection” allows Firefox to make that choice for you, and “Increased Protection” allows you to make the choice of whether or not to use it (only if their “Secure DNS” fails).

Extra Privacy (Recommended)

The following are simple personal adjustments to Firefox that I’d recommend.

Under “Privacy & Security” in “Settings”, at the top of the page select “Custom” and select the following options:

✔️Cookies ✔️All cross-site cookies (may cause websites to break)

✔️Tracking content ✔️In all windows

✔️Cryptominers

✔️Known fingerprinters

✔️Suspected fingerprinters ✔️In all windows

The following are also in the “Privacy & Security” tab.

Under “Website Privacy Preferences”

✔️Tell websites not to sell or share my data

✔️Send websites a “Do Not Track” request

Under “HTTPS-Only Mode”

✔️Enable HTTPS-Only Mode in all windows

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