What will most likely happen, either someone will host an alternative to the Google Extension store, and a lot of browsers will switch to it for their default extensions store, or browsers will pop up a window after installation saying "hey, wanna install uBlock Origin? Y/N"
That's actually a lot more viable than in most other cases. If Steam stops selling a game, if you want to play it outside Steam, you might have to find a cracked version, and even if your game is on alternative storefronts, it's going to be much harder for people to find and buy, because Steam is a closed platform that Valve themselves maintain. Meanwhile, with the open-source browser ecosystem, keeping Manifest V2 support means anyone can just download the addon elsewhere (maybe the official uBlock website?) and auto-install it, and because most of these browsers are maintained by communities that have a vested interest in keeping uBlock origin alive, developers will go out of their way to make uBlock as easy to install as possible in their browsers - many of them will probably even bundle it with their browser once the listing disappears. The only thing google is able to do is remove the Web Store listing, as long as Manifest V2 works they can't stop the addon being included with browsers or auto-installed at the press of a button, and developers will ensure users of their browsers can continue to easily find/install what they need with as little hassle as possible because it's something their users value. Since the Chrome Web Store is 99% garbage anyway (seriously, just
look at the extensions list, most of them are just toolbar links to existing websites, which is completely pointless), and since people are going to want good Adblockers because it's already been established as the norm now, it's going to be virtually impossible for Google to get rid of them in any meaningful capacity.
The only 3 Chrome addons worth using are uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger and Floccus, and all of them require Manifest V2.
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