Update your extensions from Manifest V2 to V3 #27

I am also concerned about this. Very little has been told. If Edge doesn't support full functionality, in fact, privacy is compromised...

I'm too curious about how this will end.
Seeing their roadmap they will definetly drop v2 one day:

When this change is released, Microsoft Partner Center will not accept updates to existing Manifest V2 Microsoft Edge Add-ons. Microsoft Edge will no longer support or run Manifest V2 Microsoft Edge Add-ons.

Note that by using Microsoft Edge Enterprise Policies, Enterprise Accounts can allow Manifest V2 Microsoft Edge Add-ons to run and operate on Microsoft Edge.

I think microsoft have done a good job with edge till now, but if ublock will not work anymore I'll never use edge again and I don't think I'm the only one.

We are closely watching this as well. uBlock has published an experimental MV3 extension (title uBlock Origin Lite) to Chrome. You may want to try that out and provide feedback if you see any specific deficiencies.

It seems like ublock origin lite isnt gonna work out. It doesnt work anywhere near as well and to get it to approach the level of v2, the browser spams the user with nagging permissions prompts that will train the user to always click yes.

We need to stop having discussions about "try it out and provide feedback" because everyone knows what the outcome here is.
V3 is not about security or privacy, its about Google wanting to break adblockers because Google is an advertising company.

Edge has created a bunch of goodwill for Microsoft, and now you guys are looking to throw it away by mandating V3 and bringing ads back into our lives. Ads are the largest security and privacy threat that users will face on the web and content blockers like ublock protect users more than any of these V3 changes will.

Microsoft could win alot of hearts and minds by retaining v2 support forever. Or by creating a feature superset for v3 (lets call it v3+) that allows extensions to bring in v2 content blocking features. Extensions could check for feature availability in order to retain browser compatibility.

In addition if you're actually worried about extensions causing privacy or security problems (and lets be honest you arent) you could have an extensions approval process whereby extensions are validated by microsoft against threats and then signed before being deployed to the store. These signed and approved extensions could be granted higher permissions. Effectively treating extensions like apps in the microsoft store or ios app store. Unsigned extensions would still be allowed, but they'd be subject to the stricter controls of v3.

IDK, think about it. The current plan stinks.

uBlock has published an experimental MV3 extension (title uBlock Origin Lite) to Chrome. You may want to try that out and provide feedback if you see any specific deficiencies.

The lack of the element picker is a bit annoying since sometimes I want to get rid of some small thing showing up on a webpage that's annoying me, this doesn't generally mean an advertisement, I mostly use it to remove overlays and that's not possible with uBlock Origin Lite. Other than that, only being able to update filters on extension updates means that you end up seeing ads more often because the approval process of extension updates tends to be slower (especially for extensions with broad host permissions). I still have to use it longer to figure out all the quirks, will try to report back when I have any more feedback.

I already switched to Firefox. Almost everything works fine! :)))

Same, I'm in firefox already, I recommend it feels very light, also a good opportunity to quit chromium.
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Same! luckily uBO is working 100%!!

I really hope Microsoft is thinking about it and (hopefully!) continue to support MV2 extensions. Fingers crossed...

I know there was some confusion when people who had got their V2 extensions from the Chrome store rather than the Edge store couldn't turn them back on when they were turned off in the recent update; this would be a great time for some clarity, even if it's 'still a long way off and TBD'

Hi Mesut (@mesutcelik), marypcbuk, thank you for reaching out with your question regarding the timeline for the MV2 to MV3 switch and any updates on the roadmap.

Currently, there is no time frame to convert from MV2 to MV3. If we get a get the road map we will update here.

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

Hi Mesut (@mesutcelik), marypcbuk, thank you for reaching out with your question regarding the timeline for the MV2 to MV3 switch and any updates on the roadmap.

Currently, there is no time frame to convert from MV2 to MV3. If we get a get the road map we will update here.

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

Sounds like its not too late to change your mind on supporting Google's banning of effective adblockers. You could keep mv2 around forever, or maybe limit its usage to ublock origin and other well known adblockers, or maybe its time to consider a fully integrated browser adblocker. Something that supports the same content interception/replacement and custom user lists/element picking that mv2 adblockers provide, but native to the browser.

Perhaps now that Google has changed so many of its plans to replace third party cookies its time for Microsoft to reconsider and put M3 on official indefinite hold (rather than the unofficial indefinite hold it's at currently)...