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Switch to firefox

by LunicLynx 2y ago

Switch to firefox

KingOfCoders 2y ago
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- samplatt 2y ago
  Mind citing a source on that? What ad scheme? What vested interest?
can16358p 2y ago
Or Edge. Or Safari. Or one of the new Chromium based browsers. Basically anything but Chrome.
- defrost 2y ago
  Edge is also ditching Manifest V2 and embracing V3. This is the extension API change at the heart of the problem. Any browser based on the Chrome engine has to expend energy to hold to V2 support while embracing the latest engine developments. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions-chromium/developer-guide/manifest-v3 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions-...
feverzsj 2y ago
Firefox will also switch to manifest v3, although Mozilla claims they will use non-inferior api. Only Brave may never be affected, because it uses a native built-in ad blocker.
- Timshel 2y ago
  Not sure if I missed something but as far as I'm aware there is no plan to remove v2 support: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manifest-v2-march-2024-update/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manif... And I doubt it will happen but if by some miracle people were switching to Firefox due to v2 phase out in chrome it might send a strong signal to keep supporting it.
  - M95D 2y ago
    No, they won't keep it. They have a long history of crippling add-ons. If they did all that when Google wasn't funding them, they can't possibly oppose Google now.
- danShumway 2y ago
  I'm already using Manifest V3 in Firefox for a few personal private addons that I develop, and I can confirm that blocking network requests already work perfectly fine in it. The only issues I have with Manifest V3 in Firefox are technical, I haven't noticed any issues that I think are problems of direction. Firefox's Manifest V3 implementation arguably isn't ready for prime time (it has some pretty egregious bugs), but whenever they finally do get around to dropping Manifest V2 (which I have no idea when that would happen), I'm not really worried about extensions not being able to jump over.

Switch to firefox

KingOfCoders 2y ago

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samplatt 2y ago
Mind citing a source on that? What ad scheme? What vested interest?

can16358p 2y ago

Or Edge. Or Safari. Or one of the new Chromium based browsers. Basically anything but Chrome.

defrost 2y ago
Edge is also ditching Manifest V2 and embracing V3. This is the extension API change at the heart of the problem. Any browser based on the Chrome engine has to expend energy to hold to V2 support while embracing the latest engine developments. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions-chromium/developer-guide/manifest-v3 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions-...

feverzsj 2y ago

Firefox will also switch to manifest v3, although Mozilla claims they will use non-inferior api. Only Brave may never be affected, because it uses a native built-in ad blocker.

Timshel 2y ago
Not sure if I missed something but as far as I'm aware there is no plan to remove v2 support: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manifest-v2-march-2024-update/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manif... And I doubt it will happen but if by some miracle people were switching to Firefox due to v2 phase out in chrome it might send a strong signal to keep supporting it.
- M95D 2y ago
  No, they won't keep it. They have a long history of crippling add-ons. If they did all that when Google wasn't funding them, they can't possibly oppose Google now.
danShumway 2y ago
I'm already using Manifest V3 in Firefox for a few personal private addons that I develop, and I can confirm that blocking network requests already work perfectly fine in it. The only issues I have with Manifest V3 in Firefox are technical, I haven't noticed any issues that I think are problems of direction. Firefox's Manifest V3 implementation arguably isn't ready for prime time (it has some pretty egregious bugs), but whenever they finally do get around to dropping Manifest V2 (which I have no idea when that would happen), I'm not really worried about extensions not being able to jump over.