# Google chrome removing ublock origin extension/app?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-removing-ublock-origin-extension-app/1005515>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 10, 2024, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-removing-ublock-origin-extension-app/1005515 "2024-08-10T04:01:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-removing-ublock-origin-extension-app/1005515/2 "2024-08-10T04:08:39Z")

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You may want to see this thread. It is focused on YouTube but that is Google and it is all related:

> [@YouTube "forbidding" ad blockers. Concerns, if any?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-forbidding-ad-blockers-concerns-if-any/991493/437):
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> A short while ago I signed up for YouTube Premium. I’m still in the “free trial” period but am leaning toward paying for it after that. I get enough benefit from YouTube that it seems fair that I pay something for it. (I did have some minor concerns that I was rewarding enshittification; but YouTube has to pay their bills somehow, either by ad revenue or some other revenue source.) Anyway, since that time I have seen neither ads nor any kind of nagging or pushback against using adblockers. I’ve…

My advice is move to FireFox (free). A bit of a hassle but in time, you will be glad you did.

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