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

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552 points freedomben | 1 comments | 11 Oct 24 14:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.228s | source
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OptionOfT ◴[11 Oct 24 16:18 UTC] No.41810816[source]▶
I am tied to Microsoft Edge for sync between desktop and phone, and Microsoft Edge on iOS has AdBlock built in. But looking at this it seems inevitable that Edge will retain V2.

As to switching to Firefox? I'd love to, but Firefox on iOS refuses to put in an AdBlocker. Yea, you can use Firefox Focus but that one doesn't sync.

I don't understand Mozilla's stance on this.

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1. pavon ◴[11 Oct 24 19:19 UTC] No.41812618[source]▶
AFAIK, Microsoft is disabling manifest V2 extensions in Edge following the same timeline as Chrome[1]. Brave is continuing to run V2 extensions, but has no plan to stand up their own extension store[2], so it isn't clear how users will get the extensions, beyond a few handpicked ones that Brave is supporting[3].

[1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions-...

[2] https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/15187

[3] https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/28367