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Manifest v3 is Worse than I Thought (tube.kockatoo.org)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11081020

A great video about the Manifest v3 and how Google is trying to make you view ads.

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[+] -66 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

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.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    So it won't kill ad blockers?

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  • [+] -24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years 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

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