Chrome's Manifest V3 transition is here. First up are warnings for any V2 extensions.

Reminder to switch browsers if you haven’t already!

  • Google Chrome is starting to phase out older, more capable ad blocking extensions in favor of the more limited Manifest V3 system.
  • The Manifest V3 system has been criticized by groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation for restricting the capabilities of web extensions.
  • Google has made concessions to Manifest V3, but limitations on content filtering remain a source of skepticism and concern.
  • archomrade [he/him]English
    1•4 months ago

    Maybe it’s my tinfoil hat but if any part of this is related to their google’s pursuit of ad revenue, I don’t imagine a v3 compliant Firefox will work with adblock for long.

    At the very least they would probably make using it a huge headache

    edit to make it clear who I was referring to

      • archomrade [he/him]English
        1•4 months ago

        I’m realizing that was unclear.

        I meant google’s maifest v3, not firefox’s implementation of it.

        • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂEnglish
          1•4 months ago

          Ah, appreciate the clarification. I’d also just woken up and hopped on Lemmy, so maybe partially my fault 😋