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In the article, Firefox is cited as intending to adopt MV3 for compatibility reasons. If they indeed do so, I'm not sure how much relief running Firefox will of

In the article, Firefox is cited as intending to adopt MV3 for compatibility reasons. If they indeed do so, I'm not sure how much relief running Firefox will offer from the more evil aspects of MV3.

mkl 5y ago
Firefox will not implement all the restrictions: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2021/05/27/manifest-v3-update/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2021/05/27/manifest-v3-updat...
jeroenhd 5y ago
With Firefox's market share, not much. This could massively benefit Firefox adoption, though, because everyone relying on old extensions will have to switch. From that viewpoint, the new restrictions could actually be a good thing.
- chihuahua 5y ago
  At the point when Edge (Chromium) no longer supports proper adblockers, I would instantly stop using it and use Firefox for almost everything. It would be a 100% deal-breaker for me. Right now, I have Firefox installed but don't use it much, because I don't see a compelling advantage.
  - AnonC 5y ago
    If you start using Firefox now, you may probably better appreciate it (especially if you also look at other features and extensions like Containers).
renzo88 5y ago
My understanding is that they will adopt but continue to support "legacy" extensions
kelnos 5y ago
They're not really "adopting" it as the way forward. Firefox will be able to use Mv3-type extensions, but the current extension types will continue to work.
heavyset_go 5y ago
Firefox devs have confirmed that they'll implement Mv3, but without all of its restrictions and with compatibility for older extensions.
- iggldiggl 5y ago
  While the capability of blocking web requests isn't in question, there are some rumblings around deprecating background pages in Firefox, too: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1578286 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1578286 Certainly nothing firm as far as it looks, but at the very least they're thinking about it, even though that change is somewhat problematic, too.

In the article, Firefox is cited as intending to adopt MV3 for compatibility reasons. If they indeed do so, I'm not sure how much relief running Firefox will offer from the more evil aspects of MV3.

mkl 5y ago

Firefox will not implement all the restrictions: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2021/05/27/manifest-v3-update/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2021/05/27/manifest-v3-updat...

jeroenhd 5y ago

With Firefox's market share, not much. This could massively benefit Firefox adoption, though, because everyone relying on old extensions will have to switch. From that viewpoint, the new restrictions could actually be a good thing.

chihuahua 5y ago
At the point when Edge (Chromium) no longer supports proper adblockers, I would instantly stop using it and use Firefox for almost everything. It would be a 100% deal-breaker for me. Right now, I have Firefox installed but don't use it much, because I don't see a compelling advantage.
- AnonC 5y ago
  If you start using Firefox now, you may probably better appreciate it (especially if you also look at other features and extensions like Containers).

renzo88 5y ago

My understanding is that they will adopt but continue to support "legacy" extensions

kelnos 5y ago

They're not really "adopting" it as the way forward. Firefox will be able to use Mv3-type extensions, but the current extension types will continue to work.

heavyset_go 5y ago

Firefox devs have confirmed that they'll implement Mv3, but without all of its restrictions and with compatibility for older extensions.

iggldiggl 5y ago
While the capability of blocking web requests isn't in question, there are some rumblings around deprecating background pages in Firefox, too: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1578286 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1578286 Certainly nothing firm as far as it looks, but at the very least they're thinking about it, even though that change is somewhat problematic, too.