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Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Microsoft Edge, Opera to follow (www.neowin.net)
submitted 3 days ago by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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For a while now the transition away from Manifest V2 (MV2) to MV3 has been on-going and it looks like it is entering its final phase of deprecation, at least, in the case of Google Chrome. A recent discussion thread in the w3c WebExtensions Community Group GitHub repo has highlighted how the latest and upcoming versions of the most popular browser are expected to be its final releases with support for MV2 extensions.

What this essentially means is that the tricks and bypasses that were used to keep MV2 extensions like uBlock Origin and others alive will not work any more on Chrome, or at least not for very long. For example the Windows Registry mod that could extend MV2 availability will cease to function after Chromium version 151.

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[–] SecretiveVault@lemmy.zip 70 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Librewolf gang rise up

[–] Identikit@leminal.space 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So many people asked “Why not Opera?” When I jumped off the AI browsers.

This. This is why. Didn’t trust em.

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I don’t think it’s a matter of Opera being untrustworthy as much as it is the fact that they’re a Chromium-based browser, same as Edge.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm just curious as to how this is going to affect duckduckgo browser since DDG is a fork of Edge.

[–] encelado748@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago

It is not a fork of Edge, it is just using the system webview, that for windows is actually the same as Edge.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

LibreWolf user since a few months ago.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Has the Librewolf team developed a mobile fork yet?

[–] zawius@europe.pub 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, and do not intend to. But I remember they recommended Ironfox, which is very similar and good, imo.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Is Ironfox capable of interfacing with Librewolf? As in sharing bookmarks and credentials? Because to tell you the truth that is the one thing that is holding me to Firefox.

[–] sunbeam60@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago

Whether you use Firefox or Librewolf you are entirely dependent on the hundreds of full timer developers Mozilla’s got working on the Gecko codebase.

[–] heirday@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

librewolf broke too many websites for me to reasonably keep using it :(

also just keep in mind: it's lack of a fingerprint now becomes the fingerprint.

[–] als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The default settings do break quite a few sites, but after 10 mins of tweaking it works like Firefox but without all the AI bullshit and adverts

[–] ButteredBread@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Uh, nothing has been broken for me I think, some minor stuff don't work but I don't need them really.

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

How does it compare to Firefox?