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it house news on october 1st, technology media neowin published a blog post today (october 1st), reporting that raymond hill, the developer of the ublock origin lite extension, had an unhappy communication with the mozilla review team.decided to remove the firefox add-on store version.

ublock origin lite introduction

ublock origin lite (ubol for short) is a permission-free content blocking tool, mainly used to block web content such as ads, trackers, and mining scripts. its installation process is simple and users can enjoy the shielding effect immediately after installation.

the lite version is an extension based on manifest v3 and has a lighter and more efficient load on resources such as processor and memory.

dispute

the incident dates back to september this year, when mozilla flagged all versions of the ublock origin lite extension, saying it violated firefox add-on store policies.

mozilla reviewers believe that the ublock origin lite extension collects user data and contains compressed, concatenated, or other machine-generated code.

developer raymond hill filed a complaint, saying that it only takes a few seconds for someone with a little knowledge of javascript code to realize that mozilla's questions are meaningless.

raymond hill decided to remove the extension from the store and move it to a self-hosted version. this means that those who want to continue using ublock origin lite on firefox will need to.

the last message in the now-closed github post shows an email from mozilla, in which mozilla admits a mistake, but hill has decided not to list the firefox add-on store anymore. as of the time of publication by it home, the ublock origin extension is still listed, but the ublock origin lite extension has not been found.