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"Begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable"

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552 points freedomben | 2 comments | 11 Oct 24 14:20 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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freedomben ◴[11 Oct 24 14:42 UTC] No.41809900[source]▶
Notably, Firefox is not removing v2 support (at least for now as of March 2024)

> Firefox, however, has no plans to deprecate MV2 and will continue to support MV2 extensions for the foreseeable future. And even if we re-evaluate this decision at some point down the road, we anticipate providing a notice of at least 12 months for developers to adjust accordingly and not feel rushed.[1]

[1]: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manif...

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EasyMark ◴[11 Oct 24 15:53 UTC] No.41810602[source]▶
To my knowledge the “big” chrome engine alternatives aren’t either. I know that Vivaldi and Brave plan on keeping around v2 as long as it is economically feasible
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1. luuurker ◴[11 Oct 24 18:48 UTC] No.41812235[source]▶
Aren't these v2 extensions being removed from Chrome's store? If so, are the alternatives based on Chromium running their own store?
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2. mastazi ◴[12 Oct 24 00:11 UTC] No.41815202[source]▶
Yeah that's the problem. I used to be on Brave but having to download v2-only extensions[1] manually from each developer's website was a pain. I am on a Firefox-based browser now and extensions are synced across all my computers and it just works.

[1] while pre-existing v2 extensions are still on the store at least for now (e.g. https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin/cjpal... ) newer ones haven't been able to be added to the store for a long time already, e.g. see https://libredirect.github.io/faq.html#chrome_web_store