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minus-squareArthur BesseAlink5•edit-22 years agoMV2 is an API for browser extensions. The timeline in the image comes from Google’s MV3 documentation: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/mv3/mv2-sunset/ More information: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/11/manifest-v3-open-web-politics-sheeps-clothing https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/chrome-users-beware-manifest-v3-deceitful-and-threatening https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2021/05/27/manifest-v3-update/ (tldr: chrome is removing APIs needed by ad blocking extensions, but firefox isn’t)
What is MV2
MV2 is an API for browser extensions. The timeline in the image comes from Google’s MV3 documentation: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/mv3/mv2-sunset/
More information:
(tldr: chrome is removing APIs needed by ad blocking extensions, but firefox isn’t)