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> AdGuard, a privacy service that makes an ad blocking extension for Chrome and related applications, recently complained that MV3 is making it hard to deliver
by blibble 2y ago
> AdGuard, a privacy service that makes an ad blocking extension for Chrome and related applications, recently complained that MV3 is making it hard to deliver its desired features.
> In late January the company reported that Chrome's remote code execution policy under Manifest V3 (MV3), the revamped API for writing browser extensions, has forced it to remove its Quick Fixes filter and temporarily drop its Custom filter.
> The Quick Fixes filter is used to quickly resolve critical content filtering issues on popular websites without having to upgrade AdGuard’s extension.
well yes, that's the entire point, giving Google control of updates
this way they can push out a youtube release with an ad blocker detection update
then sit on extension updates until they're ready to push out another youtube release with a different way of detecting ad blockers
result: ad blockers on Google properties effectively and completely extinguished
if you haven't done it already: get your friends and family onto Firefox, now