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

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552 points freedomben | 6 comments | 11 Oct 24 14:20 UTC | HN request time: 1.36s | source | bottom
1. greatgib ◴[11 Oct 24 19:07 UTC] No.41812462[source]▶
It is really crazy that we are taken hostage/blackmail by whatever harmful decision Google takes in their own interest.
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2. IncreasePosts ◴[11 Oct 24 19:23 UTC] No.41812647[source]▶
Chromium is open source, you're free to use it.
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3. vehemenz ◴[11 Oct 24 22:59 UTC] No.41814711[source]▶
This is irrelevant because the changes are occurring upstream in Chromium by mostly Google developers.
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4. IncreasePosts ◴[12 Oct 24 00:56 UTC] No.41815432{3}[source]▶
Open source also means you're free to fork it or freeze your version
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5. Dylan16807 ◴[12 Oct 24 02:34 UTC] No.41815897{4}[source]▶
Forking is untenable for individual humans with something so complicated, and freezing is dangerously insecure.
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6. lostmsu ◴[13 Oct 24 04:44 UTC] No.41825216{5}[source]▶
Should we start a HN browser then?