Microsoft Edge Canary disables Manifest V2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

The latest Microsoft Edge Canary has disabled Manifest V2 extensions installed from the Chrome Web Store, including uBlock Origin.

After updating to the latest version of Edge Canary, we noticed a message stating:” 2 extensions were turned off. These extensions were no longer supported. Microsoft Edge recommends that you remove them.”

When attempting to manually enable the disabled UBO extension, Edge displayed another message: “Turn uBlock Origin on. This extension is no longer supported. Chrome recommends that you remove it instead.”

However, Microsoft allows turn it on and use it, we don’t know how long. We can confirm that Microsoft Edge is no longer allowing the installation of Manifest V2 extensions, such as uBlock Origin, from the Chrome Web Store.

Interestingly, the uBlock Origin extension installed from the Edge Add-ons store is unaffected. We need to wait and see if this is a Chromium upstream change that affected Edge Canary or if it’s a bug.

Microsoft Edge disables UBlock Origin and other Manifest V2 Extensions

The latest Microsoft Edge Canary has automatically disabled Manifest V2 extensions such as UBlock Origin installed from Chrome Web Store

windowsreport.com

 

[Marko :)]

I think Microsoft is about to lose that tiny amount of marketshare it got by pushing Edge everywhere.

 

[oldschool]

I think Microsoft is about to lose that tiny amount of marketshare it got by pushing Edge everywhere.

And when Firefox goes bottoms up, Chrome will have won the game.