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.
  • Phegan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Firefox is a good option.

    But I will raise people one more. Waterfox. Been using it for over a year now and enjoy it.

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Firefox’s marketshare is small enough relative to Chrome’s that some websites might just block it at this point, if Chrome users mean ad revenue and Firefox users don’t.

      https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share

      Firefox has 2.88% marketshare.

      Chrome has 65.34% marketshare.

      It’s gonna be interesting to see what happens…

      • taiyang@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 months ago

        It doesn’t necessary cost a meaningful amount to a site to allow Firefox users to view it; it does however cost to make it compatible with non-chromium browsers. For most viewing that’s a non issue (I mean, most crms are going to work) but specific sites might stop working (YouTube already got caught throttling firefox, and tbf, streaming would cost more than reading an article or something).

      • gila@lemm.eeEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Firefox blocks statcounter tracking by default. It’s an inherently flawed metric, though Firefox is definitely in the minority still vs Chrome