by xnx on 5/31/24, 7:28 PM
Despite all the links in the article, I didn't see one to the official announcement which contains useful information:
https://blog.chromium.org/2024/05/manifest-v2-phase-out-begi..."Based on input from the extension community, we also increased the number of rulesets for declarativeNetRequest, allowing extensions to bundle up to 330,000 static rules and dynamically add a further 30,000."
by b3ing on 5/31/24, 7:28 PM
Hopefully this means people return to FireFox, which I'm surprised many developers abandoned.
by ppetty on 5/31/24, 7:36 PM
Regarding links in the article, it’s definitely lacking (as mentioned links like this:
https://blog.chromium.org/2024/05/manifest-v2-phase-out-begi...) but also why don’t articles like this offer a consistent set of alternate browsers like Firefox, Safari & all the Chromium derivatives (Brave, DuckDuckGo & Arc) that include ad blockers? I get that there’s a difference between those & the free choice to pick your ad blocker; but eventually everyone grows tired of the cat n mouse game. Why not help promote switching?
Almost all of these, for example, have desktop variants:
https://developer.apple.com/support/browser-choice-screen/
by webdestroya on 5/31/24, 7:18 PM
On Mac:
defaults write com.google.Chrome ExtensionManifestV2Availability -integer 2
You can keep V2 until June2025
by asicsarecool on 5/31/24, 8:06 PM
I use Firefox and have never understood why so many people use a browser made by a for profit company
by 8organicbits on 6/1/24, 3:58 AM
What are folks seeing for Firefox market share? Most online sources say FF is around 3%. My tech blog and tech projects see FF at 13%, which highlights that different user groups have differing browser preferences. Degrading ad blockers seems like something that should drive people to FF.
https://indieweb.social/@robalex/112472853515037460
by MonkeyIsNull on 5/31/24, 7:32 PM
Back to Firefox!
by kernal on 5/31/24, 7:48 PM
I just installed uBlock Origin Lite and didn't see any difference between uBlock Origin on the sites I frequent. One thing I like about uBlock Lite is that it defaults to Basic mode which does not require the permission to read and modify data.
by arbol on 5/31/24, 9:43 PM
Will brave continue to support manifest v2?
Also seems like we can maybe expect a ublock browser in the future.
by consumer451 on 5/31/24, 10:41 PM
by dubious2 on 6/3/24, 11:13 PM
Try chromite comes with Adblock plus and bromite legacy built in.Ffupdater at fdroid has it.
by kyriakos on 5/31/24, 7:26 PM
How's Microsoft Edge affected?
by joak on 5/31/24, 11:33 PM
What about chromium alternatives like Arc and Kiwi? Will they keep manifest V2?
by mediumsmart on 6/1/24, 3:04 AM
Chrome is ahead of the curve, driving innovation and making the internet a better place, again and again and again.
by speedylight on 5/31/24, 11:17 PM
When people realize how insufferable the internet is without an Adblocker they’ll have no choice but switch to Firefox.