One of the Best Add-ons for Microsoft Edge Legacy Is Being Retired

Microsoft has a new browser on Windows and Mac, and this one is running on Chromium, the same engine as Google Chrome.

In other words, the company can very well forget about the original Edge, also referred to as Edge Legacy, and so can developers, who are now focusing all their efforts on the new version of the browser.

uBlock Origin, which is one of the best and most popular add-ons for browsers these days, will no longer support Microsoft Edge Legacy for a reason that makes perfect sense: if Microsoft itself is leaving behind the browser, we should all move to the new Edge for full support.

Bye-bye, Edge Legacy

In an announcement on GitHub, Nick Rolls, the developer of uBlock Origin, also recommends users to switch to the new Edge, not only to get a modern feature package, but also to continue using the ad blocker just like before.

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