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> This would be in the same vein as Google Chrome replacing ManifestV2 with ManifestV3, ostensibly for performance- and security-related purposes, when it just
by warkdarrior 6mo ago
> This would be in the same vein as Google Chrome replacing ManifestV2 with ManifestV3, ostensibly for performance- and security-related purposes, when it just so happens that ManifestV3 limits the ability to block ads in Chrome… the major source of revenue for Google.
uBlock Origin Lite (compatible w/ ManifestV3) works quite well for me, I do not see any ads wherever I browse.
- Valodim 6mo agoThe mv3 problem was never about "does it work now". It was about "can it keep up". Ad blocking is a cat and mouse game, and the mouse is kneecapped now. You're being slow boiled.
- dlenski 6mo agoWell said. I'm glad that as blockers have managed to develop effective approaches under Mv3, but it took a tremendous amount of engineering effort that was only necessary because Google was trying to impose these very large costs on them.