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> no reputable Chromium fork will support v2 extensions, and you probably won’t have any reason to want one that does anyway. I don't disagree with the first p
by noirscape 2y ago
> no reputable Chromium fork will support v2 extensions, and you probably won’t have any reason to want one that does anyway.
I don't disagree with the first part here (I've heard numerous complaints about chromium forkers about how absolutely awful a chromium fork is to maintain and how the chrome team likes to deliberately break internal patterns), but I think you underestimate the importance of reputable adblockers to both tech people and downstream tech users.
Because when family calls about Chromes adblockers not working right, what the family techie is going to do is install Firefox, not Chrome or its forks.
- chrismorgan 2y agoI hope I underestimate it, but observation has taught me a good deal of cynicism. Remember also that, in the short term, the regressions for content blockers from moving to v3 are comparatively minor. That tends to be a knell: there’s not enough to get outraged about straight away, probably only if you could compare the situation a few years later.