Opera 120.0.5516.0 developer update

[pilis00]

pilis00 last edited by pilis00

Great job, I did update my dev version right now

I'm curious, even if that article was posted 6 months ago...... will Opera surely continue having uBO after June 2025, after Google cuts MV2 support?

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daria19 Opera @pilis00 last edited by

@pilis00: Thanks for updating your dev version! As for ad blocking, we recommend using Opera's built-in ad blocker. It's regularly updated, seamlessly integrated, and designed to work efficiently within our browser. If you have any more questions or need further assistance, feel free to reach out!

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andrew84 @daria19 last edited by

@daria19 So the answer is 'No'?

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[pilis00]

pilis00 @andrew84 last edited by pilis00

@andrew84 said in Opera 120.0.5516.0 developer update:

@daria19 So the answer is 'No'?

I really hope it's not =((

Please tell me it's not and I didn't switch in vain fron Chrome to Opera ://///

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pilis00 @daria19 last edited by

@daria19 said in Opera 120.0.5516.0 developer update:

@pilis00: Thanks for updating your dev version! As for ad blocking, we recommend using Opera's built-in ad blocker. It's regularly updated, seamlessly integrated, and designed to work efficiently within our browser. If you have any more questions or need further assistance, feel free to reach out!

That means no more uBO, as how you promised back in October? :'((

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @andrew84 last edited by

@andrew84 I guess that they can't answer now, since it may depends on how complicated will be to keep the support for Manifest V2.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @pilis00 last edited by

@pilis00 That means that they don't have an answer yet, since keep support for Manifest V2 will depends on how costly it will be.

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pilis00 @leocg last edited by

@leocg said in Opera 120.0.5516.0 developer update:

@pilis00 That means that they don't have an answer yet, since keep support for Manifest V2 will depends on how costly it will be.

If they keep support only for uBO it would be godly, as how Brave does with other 3 addons.
I really hope they keep their promise :'((

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andrew84 @leocg last edited by

@leocg such direct answer would be more than acceptable.

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andrew84 @pilis00 last edited by

@pilis00 said in Opera 120.0.5516.0 developer update:

If they keep support only for uBO it would be godly

Don't be naive. If they have their own ad blocker which they praise, there's no reason for them to keep some other 3rd party blocker exclusively.

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pilis00 @andrew84 last edited by pilis00

@andrew84 Brave does the same thing with their shields too.
And they keep uBO.

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andrew84 @pilis00 last edited by

@pilis00 They (Brave) promise to support after 138? I think it's pointless to speculate now. When 138 comes, then it'll be clear. And nobody knows what efforts Chrome will be making to complicate the possible support.

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pilis00 @andrew84 last edited by

@andrew84 Yes.
https://brave.com/blog/brave-shields-manifest-v3/

For as long as we’re able (and assuming the cooperation of the extension authors), Brave will continue to support some privacy-relevant MV2 extensions—specifically AdGuard, NoScript, uBlock Origin, and uMatrix.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @pilis00 last edited by

@pilis00 Since Opera has its own adblocker, I don't think that they will make too much effort to keep support for adblocker extensions.

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pilis00 @leocg last edited by pilis00

@leocg then in that case I hope they didn't write in vain that article about MV2 a few months ago.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @pilis00 last edited by

@pilis00 Basically the same thing that Opera said back on that article.

If support for Manifest V2 will continue depends on how difficult it will be to keep that support.

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pilis00 @leocg last edited by

@leocg probably in that case they should have directly said "Ok, we'll continue supporting MV2", or "No,we won't support MV2 addons anymore but we'll strengthen up our adblocker."

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @pilis00 last edited by

@pilis00 The article clearly says that they will try to keep support for Manifest V2, but that things may change depending on if keeping that support will bring too much issues.

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pilis00 @leocg last edited by

@leocg I honestly don't want them to support MV2 for every single addon that didn't switch to MV3 yet.

Only for uBO if they do, it's enough. As how Brave does.