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Ask HN: Will you keep using Chrome when manifest-v2 is sunset?
Google announced that with manifest-v3 [0] ad-blockers will be extremely limited in the way they can intercept and block tracking/ads requests [1].
The announced deadline for manifest-v2 extensions is by the end of January 2023. After that, extensions that didn't update will no longer work on Chrome.
I'm curious to see if you're a Chrom(e|ium) user, will this change make you switch browsers, or do you think the Google arguments about performance and security worth the tradeoff ?
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29502439
[1] https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/declarativeNetRequest/
- raxxorrax 5y agoI have all major browsers installed (for dev testing). I mainly use Firefox and I hope they won't follow Chrome here. Google says manifest v3 provides security. I think that is a blatant lie. You can allow blocking request for addons. The threat from malicious pages is greater than from malicious addons. And if your plugins are indeed malicious, you have larger concerns at hand anyway.
- Raed667 5y agoFirefox have announced [0] that they will be walking the middle road. They will implement the new manifest-v3 but they will also keep the current `webRequest` API. Brave said they will also *try* to do the same, but since they have their own baked-in ad-blocker that might not be necessary. > After discussing this with several content blocking extension developers, we have decided to implement DNR (declarativeNetRequest) and continue maintaining support for blocking webRequest. [0] https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2021/05/27/manifest-v3-update/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2021/05/27/manifest-v3-updat...
- robthebrew 5y agoOn M1 Mac I have long since left the Chrome* ecosystem. They are bloated and inefficient.
- lrae 5y agoIs it? According to Google, they're the fastest again. Maybe some HN users with M1 Macs can run the benchmarks for comparison. https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/07/google-speeds-up-chrome-on-macos-and-android/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/07/google-speeds-up-chrome-on...
- sovok_x 5y agoI won't use Chrome after that, except for headless automation and debug.