Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Google makes $265 billion a year selling ads. One free browser extension built by a single developer in Canada was blocking every single one of them. So Google rewrote Chrome’s entire extension system to cripple it.
uBlock Origin had nearly 40 million users. It was the most popular extension on Firefox. It never accepted a single donation. And its creator, Raymond Hill, refused to monetize it, sell it, or hand it over — even after his own project was stolen from him once before.
In 2024, Google started removing uBlock Origin from Chrome. By July 2025, it was completely disabled. The message was clear: block our ads, lose our browser. This is the story of how one developer exposed the biggest conflict of interest in tech.
0:00 – The Extension Google Had to Kill
1:50 – The Developer Who Got Betrayed Twice
4:20 – The $54 Billion Problem Google Can't Solve
6:50 – Manifest V3: The Kill Switch
9:20 – The Slow Execution
11:20 – The Internet Fights Back
13:00 – $0 Weapon vs. $265 Billion Empire
14:00 – The Browser Is Not Your Friend
#uBlockOrigin #Google #AdBlocking #DigitalRebellion #ManifestV3 #Privacy #CorporateGreed #Firefox
Google makes $265 billion a year selling ads. One free browser extension built by a single developer in Canada was blocking every single one of them. So Google rewrote Chrome’s entire extension system to cripple it.
uBlock Origin had nearly 40 million users. It was the most popular extension on Firefox. It never accepted a single donation. And its creator, Raymond Hill, refused to monetize it, sell it, or hand it over — even after his own project was stolen from him once before.
In 2024, Google started removing uBlock Origin from Chrome. By July 2025, it was completely disabled. The message was clear: block our ads, lose our browser. This is the story of how one developer exposed the biggest conflict of interest in tech.
0:00 – The Extension Google Had to Kill
1:50 – The Developer Who Got Betrayed Twice
4:20 – The $54 Billion Problem Google Can't Solve
6:50 – Manifest V3: The Kill Switch
9:20 – The Slow Execution
11:20 – The Internet Fights Back
13:00 – $0 Weapon vs. $265 Billion Empire
14:00 – The Browser Is Not Your Friend
#uBlockOrigin #Google #AdBlocking #DigitalRebellion #ManifestV3 #Privacy #CorporateGreed #Firefox
