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As you alluded to, many Chromium forks (notable exception is Ungoogled) are backed by tech companies. There's already plenty of intentional changes they maintai
by sheept 4mo ago
As you alluded to, many Chromium forks (notable exception is Ungoogled) are backed by tech companies. There's already plenty of intentional changes they maintain in their forks, like Privacy Sandbox,[0] so I don't think preserving support for v2 is a large hurdle for them.
[0]: https://support.brave.app/hc/en-us/articles/10742158329613-What-does-Brave-remove-from-the-Chromium-engine https://support.brave.app/hc/en-us/articles/10742158329613-W...
- markstos 4mo agoGoogle described Manifest V2 as significant tech debt with new bugs still found there. Either they are lying or it's a non-trivial feature set to continue to support. So will be interesting to see how many other browsers actually do keep this support alive.
- OkayPhysicist 4mo agoA trillion dollar company? Lying? That's beyond the pale. Google has never done anything against my interests. They're always sooooooo honest in their communications.
- garlicderek 4mo agooh, you sweet summer child
- jrm4 4mo ago"Backed by tech companies" Yup, huge red flag. Non-profit is the long-term way to go.
- ranger_danger 4mo agoThe Mozilla Foundation is a non-profit, but people still find creative ways to crap all over them for some reason. Someone else in this thread said they were "supporting the closed internet" by sending search queries to Google.
- jrm4 4mo agoYup, this kind of criticism happens all the time. It's good to point out -- but a lot of people treat it like a deal-killer, which is the height of naivete.