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Well no, actually. Both halves of that statement are false. Injecting ads will get you removed from the extension store if caught, while adblockers are adverti
by Legend2440 6mo ago
Well no, actually. Both halves of that statement are false.
Injecting ads will get you removed from the extension store if caught, while adblockers are advertised on the front page of the store.
- Animats 6mo agoGoogle's "Manifest 3" rules, vs. ad blocking, in Ars Technica.[1] Did the JSON formatter with ads get kicked out of the extension store yet? [1] https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/chromes-manifest-v3-and-its-changes-for-ad-blocking-are-coming-real-soon/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/chromes-manifest-v3-...
- SquareWheel 6mo agoManifest 3 explicitly enables ad blocking through the declarativeNetRequest API. It's trivial to do so, and many blockers exist in the Chrome Web Store.
- Legend2440 6mo agoEverybody freaked out about Manifest v3, but I'm running Chrome + uBlock and still not seeing any ads. Seems like a nothingburger to me.
- Ygg2 6mo agoWater is merely 49C, said the frog. It's not even 100C. I'll stay. Google really is slow boiling Internet until everyone forgets you can have stuff without ads.
- FergusArgyll 6mo agoublock origin light is featured in the chrome web store.
- eviks 6mo agoBut it isn't as featureful!