Why aren't ad blockers working on Chrome anymore?

Many users are noticing their regular ad blockers have suddenly stopped filtering ads in Google Chrome, letting invasive ads slip through or causing constant playback errors on popular video streaming sites.

Google's technical migration to Manifest V3

The issue stems from Chrome deprecating the Manifest V2 API used by legacy extensions. AdBlock Network has been natively engineered for Manifest V3. The program performs asynchronous, read-only requests to multiple independent endpoints to keep the firewall updated, processing local rules via the Advanced layer without relying on Chrome's obsolete engine.