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Next will be the litany of comments pointing out that the declarative API works reasonably well for blocking ads. That's mostly true, for now. Google's shown
by tyingq 3y ago
Next will be the litany of comments pointing out that the declarative API works reasonably well for blocking ads. That's mostly true, for now. Google's shown in several different areas that they know how to slow-roll the real objective over years, when needed.
This is roughly the equivalent of taking a heuristic malware blocker and making it depend solely on file names or file checksums. I can't prove it, but I feel like it's only the first shoe dropping.
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- yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago> that the declarative API works reasonably well for blocking ads Depending on your definition of "reasonably"; it does appear to result in worse coverage, and how much is not clear to me.
- krackers 3y agoHow does MV3 affect content script injection? I looked a bit more into how uBO does xhr-content based filtering (like it uses to block YT ads) and it appears to shim the fetch() method. Would this approach still work in a MV3 world? And if it does still work, doesn't this negate any supposed security/privacy benefits of the declarative model?
- simcop2387 3y agoMy understanding is thay it doesn[t work in mv3, precisely bevause of that security issue.
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 3y agoWhat's the problem to let user chose to let that specific extension to use the more invasive access mode, like we already do with other extension permissions?
- simcop2387 3y agoI don't think there is personally, but how do you reliably keep track that it was the user that made that choice, and not some installer on the machine? I.e. Ol' McDonald AntiVirus installs an extension for scanning that marks the extension as approved like that, and then updates to also use it to inject their own ads for other security products.
- rstuart4133 3y ago> Next will be the litany of comments pointing out that the declarative API works reasonably well for blocking ads. Does anybody know if it's possible to block Youtube ads with just what's available in Chrome's manifest 3?
- phkahler 3y ago>> Next will be... >> I can't prove it, but I feel like it's only the first shoe dropping. People supporting "free" software instead of "Free Software" continuing to complain as their freedom is taken away. ;-)