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It doesn't seem to be about ads at all, AFAICT. https://textslashplain.com/2024/03/07/browser-extensions-powerful-and-potentially-dangerous/ https://textslashpl
by Arnt 2y ago
It doesn't seem to be about ads at all, AFAICT. https://textslashplain.com/2024/03/07/browser-extensions-powerful-and-potentially-dangerous/ https://textslashplain.com/2024/03/07/browser-extensions-pow...
- lioeters 2y ago> the Chrome team has tried to reduce the potential for abuse in the new “Manifest V3” system, but pundits and others have popularized elaborate conspiracy theories that this was just a way for Google to crack down on adblockers for their own business interests. > (This is an especially silly claim, since [Google ads are trivially blockable in the new system](https://textslashplain.com/2024/10/13/content-blocking-in-manifest-v3/ https://textslashplain.com/2024/10/13/content-blocking-in-ma...).)