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It's a good point. Probably best to build it into the browser and let me add my own lists for it to use. That would be a good move for Firefox, they could hav
by aembleton 5y ago
It's a good point. Probably best to build it into the browser and let me add my own lists for it to use. That would be a good move for Firefox, they could have it off by default but it would help to reduce the chance of a compromised extension have too much access.
- mappu 5y agoThis is almost exactly what Manifest V3 is - it reduces the extension to just be a list manager for a built-in blocker. The only real complaint is that Chrome did not anticipate how large these lists need to be in 2021, and the limits are too low.
- kbelder 5y agoAnother problem is that it's static; my understanding is the extension creator needs to make a new list, get it approved by Google, put it in the repository, and get the user to download the update, before a new ad is blocked. Probably requires a restart of the browser, also. Not sure if it removes the ability for the user to on-the-fly add any blocking, but I suspect it does.
- youngtaff 5y agoNew rules can be added at runtime - https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/declarativeNetRequest/#method-updateDynamicRules https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/decla...