Google prepares for Chrome extension Manifest V2 phase out
www.theregister.com
Starting Monday, users will gradually be warned the end is near

The new MV3 architecture reflects Google’s avowed desire to make browser extensions more performant, private, and secure. But the internet giant’s attempt to do so has been bitterly contested by makers of privacy-protecting and content-blocking extensions, who have argued that the Chocolate Factory’s new software architecture will lead to less effective privacy and content-filtering extensions.

For users of uBlock Origin, which runs on Manifest V2, “options” means using the less capable uBlock Origin Lite, which supports Manifest V3.

  • Swarfega@lemm.eeEnglish
    283·
    5 months ago

    I still prefer Chrome over Firefox but I’ve been running Firefox for over a year now and won’t go back to Chrome because fuck Google. Also stopped using Google for searching and not being tracked is very very noticeable.

    • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      46·
      5 months ago

      Tried using chromium based browser instead? You are not mainlined into Google that way. Vivaldi is absolutely great. It’s got way better baked in features than chrome which can reduce need for extensions and it has a strong commitment to pushing chromium as far as possible to be privacy conscious. Runs and syncs across Android and pc as well.

      • DacoTaco@lemmy.worldEnglish
        142·
        5 months ago

        Those are all chromium based. They all are connected to google and will all have the manifest v3 change.
        That is unless they will support v3 but keep some doors open for content blockers ( this is mozillas plan )

        • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          32·
          5 months ago

          Yes all chromium based browsers are chromium based. What do you mean by they are connected to Google? Yes Google provides the chromium code, but my Vivaldi browser isn’t connecting to Google servers or sending them anything

          • DacoTaco@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            5 months ago

            What i meant is that chromium is owned and managed by google. If chromium ( and therefor all chromium based browsers ) gets a change, they all do by default. Things like vivaldi or brave will get this change unless they specifically implement ways around it, which i dont think they will.
            Though its way less than chrome, chromium still has links with google and has been found to ping google once in a while even though youre not using google.

            To be accurate, chrome in itself is a chromium based browser. Its chromium with google stuff slapped onto it.

            Its because of this that i find the “but im using [chromium based browser here], so i wont be affected by change x” a false one, because they will.

              • DacoTaco@lemmy.worldEnglish
                4·
                5 months ago

                I am corrected, thanks :) Im legit surprised they did anything towards the issue, so thanks for pointing it out.
                That said, ad blocking is only a part of the problem and there are a lot of extensions that work on content loading in browsers that are going to be invalidated with the chromium update that an integrated ad blocking feature ( that i hope you can customise to your hearts content ) will not fix…