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Does this affect chrome based browsers like Brave?

• xinayder 3y ago
  yes it does, since Manifest v3 is being rolled out on Chromium (which Chrome is based on). unless Brave and other forks (like Cromite, Vanadium, Ungoogled-Chromium) manage to disable MV3, which I think Google will make it impossible to do so, they are affected by this change. Switch to Firefox.
  • bambax 3y ago
    This isn't true. I'm not a Brave user (I use FF), but Brave have said that 1/ they have adblocking built-in [0] 2/ they will continue to support Manifest V2 indefinitely, esp. so that uBlock Origin continues to work [1] That doesn't mean uBlock will continue to exist... If it can't be installed on Chrome it's possible the sole dev will lose motivation (although he has already made a V3 version of the extension). [0] https://twitter.com/brave/status/1574822798299729925 https://twitter.com/brave/status/1574822798299729925 [1] https://twitter.com/brave/status/1574822799700541446 https://twitter.com/brave/status/1574822799700541446
    • rchaud 3y ago
      Ublock Origin is the only one that can be trusted. I use Brave on mobile and it's adblocker + JS toggle switch work great, but I don't fully trust them on ads considering how they've tried to push crypto BAT token stuff in the past.
      • pg5 3y ago
        I use Firefox on mobile with Ublock origin installed, works perfectly for me
  • wmitty 3y ago
    Brave has written their own (open source) adblock engine (in rust) that is directly integrated into the browser (ie. not an extension, so is not affected by Manifest V3). https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust Here is a (somewhat dated) article describing it by the authors: https://brave.com/improved-ad-blocker-performance/ https://brave.com/improved-ad-blocker-performance/