sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 months agoAd blocking alive and well, despite changes to Chromewww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down12
arrow-up131arrow-down1external-linkAd blocking alive and well, despite changes to Chromewww.theregister.comsabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square8linkfedilink
minus-squareTehPers@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoMV3 went through revisions after significant pushback. Of course it’s not as bad as people were worried about. They changed it lol.
minus-squareTehPers@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoTheir justification was to improve security for extensions, and while it did do that, it also crippled adblockers in their first iterations, and it was clear that was a goal initially.
minus-squareKn1ghtDigital@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI wasn’t aware of this, still too little too late several years ago.
MV3 went through revisions after significant pushback. Of course it’s not as bad as people were worried about. They changed it lol.
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Their justification was to improve security for extensions, and while it did do that, it also crippled adblockers in their first iterations, and it was clear that was a goal initially.
I wasn’t aware of this, still too little too late several years ago.