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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: 0.208s | source
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sho ◴[11 Oct 24 14:49 UTC] No.41809962[source]▶
Hopefully this is the inflection point for Chrome. Despite all their made-up "security" reasons, everyone knows this is solely about making adblock less effective. For many users, adblock is what makes chrome bearable - and if they make it unbearable, then those users will leave. Slowly but surely.

Google seems much too sure of itself making this change. I hope their arrogance pays off just the same as Microsoft's did with IE.

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kmlx ◴[11 Oct 24 15:42 UTC] No.41810472[source]▶
> making adblock less effective

adblocking still works just fine on Safari, which has been doing the same thing as Manifest V3 for years now.

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timeon ◴[11 Oct 24 19:58 UTC] No.41813069[source]▶
Ad-blockers are not just about displaying the actual ads.

Does the Chrome blocks trackers even without ad-blocker Like Safari?

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1. kmlx ◴[25 Oct 24 11:43 UTC] No.41944294[source]▶
my adblocker on Safari blocks everything, including trackers. no idea about Chrome.