- Microsoft Edge tells the testers that their old extensions, like Ublock Origin, are no longer supported
- However, this seems to be an accidentally introduced movement in the first version of EDGE test
- Do not be under any illusion that it will not happen in the end, but by looking at the chronology of Microsoft, it has the impression that it is always far away
Microsoft Edge has just received a test change which gives the impression that the browser could soon follow in the footsteps of chrome by abandoning certain extensions – including a popular advertising blocker, Ublock Origin – but in fact, this is not the case.
Admittedly, it is a somewhat worrying development for some people – and it opens the way to the future, I will not say that. However, as the discoverer of change for the first test version of Edge assures us, it is probably something that was automatically transmitted to test prematurely, rather than an intentional decision of Microsoft.
As Leopeva64 points out on X in the post below, the Canary version of Edge recently received a new version of overview and produces a message on certain extensions (additional modules for the browser) which are no longer supported, asking users to delete them.
1/2 A message indicating that certain extensions have been disabled because they are no longer supported have appeared after installing the latest version of Canary Edge, but I think that is one of these unexpected changes from the upstream chrome: pic.twitter.com/blwpi5onyhFebruary 24, 2025
This happens to Ublock Origin as mentioned, and other extensions that are built using Manifesto V2. This is the platform on which these browser extensions are built, and it has been upgraded in manifest V3 – a long change in preparation, and which has already come into play for Chrome (by which I mean the version of the Google browser, not only the test versions).
However, what seems to have happened here is because Edge is built on the chrome – the same engine as Google Chrome – the change was automatically killed in one way or another.
In other words, Microsoft did not want to implement this, and the movement will (probably) be corrected soon enough.
It should be noted that even in this form (apparently wandering) in tests, only the extensions entered in the Chrome online store are affected, not the official official modules of the Edge store.
Analysis: a big change for all chrome browsers (although with a certain courageous resistance)
That said, we do not know with certainty if that’s what really happened here – Leopeva64 says they “think” that this is the case, and that seems likely.
Mainly because Microsoft has a calendar to migrate extensions from V2 to V2 to V2 with Edge, and currently, as Neowin has reported, there is no firm date to abandon the old additional V2 modules – the deadline remains marked as TBD (to be determined). It is both in terms of spilling these V2 extensions for consumers and businesses (the latter will occur later).
But there East A calendar, and this V2 to V3 migration occurs, are not mistaken, which means that the traditional version of original Ublock – which is the extension of which most people are disturbed in terms of loss of support – will eventually receive the elbow of the edge. It’s just that it will probably not be a while yet.
Indeed, in its assistance document on the deadlines involved, Microsoft Note: “The Microsoft Edge team is currently updating this MV3 migration calendar.” So we can hear earlier on the exact schedule, perhaps.
All web browsers built on chrome will ultimately be affected by the change that Google has prompted here, although some developers will try to make a trip around it as best they can.
For example, the manufacturer of the Brave Browser, another of The Chromium Stable, said that he would apply fixes to try to maintain certain popular V2 extensions even after the support is entirely pulled by Google (and this includes the Ublock origin). Although this will be implemented on a basis of “best effort” and there is no guarantee.
On a final note, it should also be remembered that there is already a V3 version of Oblock Origin in place, but it is a take “ Lite ” the ad blocker, because with V3, it is simply not possible to offer the same capacities.
The big change of Google to V3 is underway to obtain what the company supports is better safety and performance for the extensions of the browser on V2, but not everyone agrees with this line of thought, to say it slightly.
