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  • Albin Jose@lemmy.ml
    369·
    10 months ago

    Actually manifest V3 is awesome as they reduce the permissions of extensions on the browser, which increases user security.

    Main point is to tell that manifestV3 is not invented to kill adblockers. Many youtubers are misinforming users for views.

    • corytheboyd@kbin.social
      321·
      10 months ago

      I can assure you that Google, an ad tech company with a near monopoly on web browsers, has an interest in eliminating ad blockers in the browser that they have direct control of.

    • Lunya \ she/it@iusearchlinux.fyi
      271·
      10 months ago

      Actualpy manifestV3 is awesome as they reduce the permissions of extensions on the browser.

      That’s literally what kills the ad-blockers. You should watch the video that’s conveniently linked in the post you commented on, it’s only half an hour long and well researched.

      • fuzzzerd@programming.dev
        111·
        10 months ago

        Yes. Technically, no, you will still be able to have a very simple ad blocking addon, but for all practical purposes, mv3 will kill ad blockers as we know them today.

      • Albin Jose@lemmy.ml
        327·
        10 months ago

        It won’t kill adblockers but restrict the dangerous permissions an addon / extension asking for.

        • moody@lemmings.world
          191·
          10 months ago

          One of those permissions allows the extension to display the website differently from how it is received. This iterally prevents ad blockers from doing their thing.

          • MrOtherGuy@lemmy.world
            52·
            10 months ago

            Indeed, but what I don’t get is why on earth do people spew this damn crap about manifest v3 as a whole, when the actual issue is just the removal of "webRequestBlocking" feature that Google is about to bring along with their implementation of mv3. Why the hell aren’t folks mad about the actual issue but instead just want to be mad about the whole bloody thing, which actually also does bring some very real privacy improvements among other nice things.

            • lazynooblet@lazysoci.alEnglish
              61·
              10 months ago

              It’s like passing a bill called “protect the people” that has had an add-on that bans porn nationwide. It’s easy to blame the bill.

        • Lazarus@kbin.social
          3·
          10 months ago

          Which are those dangerous permissions? It doesn’t change any of the permissions that allows extensions to read all site data, so it doesn’t increase privacy/eliminate data theft concerns