Chrome's Manifest V3 transition is here. First up are warnings for any V2 extensions.

Reminder to switch browsers if you haven’t already!

  • Google Chrome is starting to phase out older, more capable ad blocking extensions in favor of the more limited Manifest V3 system.
  • The Manifest V3 system has been criticized by groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation for restricting the capabilities of web extensions.
  • Google has made concessions to Manifest V3, but limitations on content filtering remain a source of skepticism and concern.
    • dan@upvote.auEnglish
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      4 months ago

      I miss the old Opera, back when it had its own engine. It was a really good browser. I used it from 2002 until 2012.

      • TWeaK@lemm.eeEnglish
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        4 months ago

        I remember it also let you spoof your user agent, and had a built in email client. It was just generally feature rich.

    • bc93@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      I mean, Google has probably even more unethical practices, I would have thought. (compared to Opera, not to China. Though the US is worse than China for sure.)