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Comment by H8crilA

2 days ago

Do you think Google wants to have the extensions system, given that this is how people block ads?

adblockers on chromium-based browsers were severely crippled by manifest V3. they're fine with extenisons (and apparently malware) as long as users can't effectively block their tracking/ads.

  • Adblockers are still working fine though? I’m on chrome with ublock and I’m not seeing any ads.

    • you're not using ublock, you're using ublock lite. it cannot do dynamic filtering, script blocking, or url parameter removal, among other limitations.

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I wouldn’t be surprised if it goes away - it’s very “old Google”. We’re moving more towards walled gardens.