As Google tries to hinder ad-block extensions with their new platform Manifest V3, it seems to me Chrome or any Chromium derivatives are no longer a viable way to browse the web safely. So it got me wondering, how much big of a task would it be to still suport Manifest V2 on newer releases of Chromium? Maybe implement some legacy option for backwards compatibility with older extensions. I think it would be a great alternative to have, but I haven’t seen anyone coming up with something similar.
If I recall correctly, some Chromium browsers will continue to support Manifest V2. For example, Brave and Vivaldi, if I’m not mistaken.
Yeah, but their adblockers are built in ones.
Those are not store extensions.
Why does it matter? You can always install the one you want.
Disabling Manifest V2 will break a lot of extensions apparently.
Can they be disabled?