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

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552 points freedomben | 3 comments | 11 Oct 24 14:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | 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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zamalek ◴[11 Oct 24 18:33 UTC] No.41812044[source]▶
Though it is less of an issue for those two, given that they have built-in adblocking. Still a laudable effort.
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1. unethical_ban ◴[11 Oct 24 19:17 UTC] No.41812590[source]▶
At this point, I wonder why Firefox doesn't have a vivaldi-like tracker and ad block interface.

Perhaps it has to do with being a Google-funded browser.

I wonder how hard that would be to implement for someone who knew how to do it? Or if the code for that in vivaldi is open source?

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2. Kye ◴[11 Oct 24 21:44 UTC] No.41814078[source]▶
It does. Click the little shield in the address bar. I assume it blocks some ads even if it's not as effective as uBlock Origin.
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3. zamalek ◴[15 Oct 24 20:52 UTC] No.41852982[source]▶
It blocks trackers, which means ads usually get caught up in the net. It's anyone's guess if the ones that makes it through aren't tracking, or are successfully evading (I'd wager the latter).