But I had backed up the chrome extension / exported it as a crx file," stated one of the users in a GitHub issue thread.Īt the time, there was speculation among users whether Twitch AdBlock's developer had removed the extension out of fear of repercussions or legal threats from Twitch or another party. "The extension from the both Firefox and Chrome webstore. "I had been using a really good twitch adblocker that had been working for weeks until today." This week many users noticed they could no longer download the Twitch AdBlock extension from either the Chrome Web Store or the Firefox Addons site. Twitch AdBlock extension killed on Chrome and Firefox
Twitch AdBlock was the choice of extension among Twitch users for restricting ads when using Twitch.īefore the extension's removal, the ad blocker was last seen having over 150,000 users and 6 million views per day, according to its developer. The popular Twitch AdBlock extension has been removed from both Chrome Web Store and Firefox Addons site.