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Google Delays Roll Out of Manifest V3, the Browser Extension Platform Detrimental to Adblockers

Google Delays Roll Out of Manifest V3, the Browser Extension Platform Detrimental to Adblockers

Google recently announced a delay in the launch of Manifest V3, the successor to Manifest V2 and the latest browser extension API for Google Chrome. The search and advertising giant provided an updated timeline for the transition to Manifest V3, scheduled to begin starting January 2023. Enterprise users now have six additional months to shed their reliance on the deprecated Manifest V2. In September 2021, Google said it would no longer run Manifest V2 extensions… Source link

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Google’s Manifest V3 still hurts privacy, security, and innovation

It’s been over two years since our initial response to Google’s Manifest V3 proposal. Manifest V3 is the latest set of changes to the Chrome browser’s rules for browser extensions. Each extensions manifest version update introduces backwards-incompatible changes to ostensibly move the platform forward. In 2018, Manifest V3 was framed as a proposal, with Google repeatedly claiming to be listening to feedback. Let’s check in to see where we stand as 2021 wraps up. Since announcing Manifest… Source link

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