Opera will always help you block ads natively

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BestCodes @Opera Comments Bot last edited by

@Opera-Comments-Bot Glad to hear this. I also won't have to learn Manifest V3 to make extensions (I was dreading that ).

Actually, I'm glad to hear this, since it really sets Opera apart from other Chromium-based browsers. Even non-Chromium browsers like Firefox are going to follow in Google's steps (because surely Google knows what they're doing?). But not Opera!

Keep up the good work.

Hi, I'm Best_codes! I'm a full-stack web dev who moderates on the makeblock forum. I have a website, https://bestcodes.dev. I love Opera, so I'm on here occasionally to report bugs and answer some questions.

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pilis00 last edited by

Much respects for continuing to support uBO.

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rseiler @pilis00 last edited by

@pilis00 Assuming that's what's really happening. As was pointed out earlier, there is some wiggle-room in what they said.

Since there aren't many "coming days and weeks" left, they should have done all the needed reaching out by now and therefore know what will be happening, which they can in turn communicate to us,

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pilis00 last edited by

I don't think Opera won't keep the promise, to be honest. They even have low market share, and switching to MV3 might cause them more market share lose.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @pilis00 last edited by

@pilis00 It may all depends on Chromium. If maintaining the support for Manifest V2 becomes too costly, Opera will not be able to keep using it.

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pilis00 @leocg last edited by

@leocg I'll honestly trust what Opera said.

Also, Brave will continue keeping some MV2 extensions, including uBO.

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pilis00 last edited by

I guess this should be another confirmation that uBO remains in Opera.

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A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg I would reply, that they made this announcement fully knowing that Chromium may shift from MV2. Otherwise they were not any reason to say it. If they don't uphold it, I'd say they were misleading. Anyway, I myself don't rely on extensions anyway.

@pilis00 I guess that they did this, because they are the only browser vendor that has its own extension store.

Brave to my knowledge won't support uBO or MV2 extensions but they maintain their own adblocker within the browser. That's what also Vivaldi promised that they would intensify working on their own built-in ad block.

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pilis00 last edited by

Brave will keep 4 MV2 extensions in which uBO is included.

But Brave isn't an option for me as I don't like the way you sync your browser data and their frequent crypto ads.

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A Former User @pilis00 last edited by

@pilis00 I don't think, they will really. They've got their own "Shields" - maintaining support for uBO MV2 wouldn't be necessary as they have their own solution which is a USP in a way and bringing them even more costs.
AdGuard on the other hand has already a MV3-ready solution to my knowledge.

But that's of course guessing. And my sentiments about Brave are similar to your's. All in all there's nothing except for decent adblocking that lets Brave stand out. It's only Chrome without the Google specific stuff featurewise. Nonetheless a capable browser but not for me, I think.

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pilis00 last edited by pilis00

They actually do indeed support uBO:

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@DerSchlingel For me the post shows that although they want to keep supporting Manifest V2, it may not be possible forever.

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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

When Chromium finally removes the MV2 API code, if Opera wants to keep supporting MV2, Opera will have to patch it back in with each new build of Opera. This might not be maintainable as Chromium code continues to change. So, I wouldn't be surprised if MV2 support disappears eventually.

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A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 @leocg I get it. But developers are not less smart than we are, are they? Why do they promise to uphold MV2 if that's simply too much to do? That's what a plain reading of the text suggests.
I guess, everybody reading their press release is therefore expecting them to do these patches.
So, it's only some marketing in the end, then?

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pilis00 @burnout426 last edited by pilis00

@burnout426 if that's really true, if they wanna keep MV2 in Opera the updates will likely be a lot more rare.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@DerSchlingel That's the point, I don't see that "promise" in the post.

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pilis00 last edited by

That post they made on X should be enough in my opinion to confirm that Opera will keep their "promise".

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rseiler @pilis00 last edited by

@pilis00 That was something, I agree, but I found it on X and saw that it was referencing the October blog post. So, it wasn't that reassuring given that it wasn't really new but basically saying "Look what another part of the company said 6 months ago."

The only Chromium browser that has put boots on the ground so far is Brave (see above screenshot), but even Brave might get some surprises once the code is ripped out.

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I for one care the most for the uBO add-on, as I watch a lot of YouTube and ads are a nightmare on that site now.

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A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg I'm interpreting it differently:

Sounds very much like a promise, doesn't it? Not that I'm dependent on that, as I'm using the built in ad blocker - which is hit and miss.

Maybe at the end of the day it's simply their way to promote this native blocker anyway.