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Raymond Hill of uBlock Origin has claimed[0] when this was introduced that this update would make uBlock Origin ineffective. Does anyone know if that's still th
by ROARosen 5y ago
Raymond Hill of uBlock Origin has claimed[0] when this was introduced that this update would make uBlock Origin ineffective. Does anyone know if that's still the case?
[0] https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=896897&desc=2#c23 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=896897...
EDIT: I'm referring the the 'Manifest v3' update as a whole, not to the specific API change discussed in the article
- tyingq 5y agoBoth things are under the "manifest v3" umbrella. He was complaining about the deprecation of the blocking version of chrome.webRequest The change described here is something else under the same umbrella. Not the change he was talking about. But generally, the whole of "manifest v3" will render lots of useful extensions dead in the water. Any heuristic ad blockers, things like tampermonkey, etc. If you want things like that, you'll have to move to Firefox.
- ROARosen 5y agoI understand he was referring to a different API than the one discussed. My question is if the API change he was referring to is still being implemented in Manifest v3 (I've edited my comment accordingly).
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- tyingq 5y agoI don't think Google has said when extensions with Manifest V2 will no longer work. And, technically, you can still use the blocking webrequest in a Manifest V3 extension, if the extension is "force installed". I think they are waiting for the hoopla to die down a bit before they close the door hard.
- ece 5y agoIt seems like Firefox will support Manifest v3 in a way that doesn't break compatibility with other browsers and support the blocking webRequest API as well: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2021/05/27/manifest-v3-update/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2021/05/27/manifest-v3-updat...