Please consider helping a friend by helping them migrate off of Chrome and towards something like:

• Firefox [Desktop, Mobile]
• Librewolf [Desktop]
• Waterfox [Desktop, Mobile]
• Falkon [Desktop]

Google's beginning to roll out the deprecation of Manifest V2 extensions which includes ad blockers. Extensions are still manually installable but the process is no longer accessible for non-power users.

In addition to the continued enshitification of Chrome it seems that Google is also kneecapping people's privacy and security:

“You can’t say no to Google’s surveillance,”

• Cybernews research team

[Who owns your shiny new Pixel 9 phone? You can’t say no to Google’s surveil