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Gorhill pulls uBlock Origin Lite from Firefox store


The maker of the uBlock Origin Lite extension has ended its support in the Firefox Add-ons Store, citing a "nonsensical and hostile" review process.

The developer seemingly debunked those allegations, saying that "it takes only a few seconds for anyone who has even basic understanding of JavaScript to see the raised issues make no sense." The last message from the developer in a now-closed GitHub issue shows an email from Mozilla admitting its fault and apologizing for the mistake. Contrary to Chrome, Mozilla does not plan to drop the Manifest V2-based extensions in the near future, so uBlock Origin will continue to exist and work on Firefox and other browsers with MV2 support.

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