The new MV3 architecture reflects Google’s avowed desire to make browser extensions more performant, private, and secure. But the internet giant’s attempt to do so has been bitterly contested by makers of privacy-protecting and content-blocking extensions, who have argued that the Chocolate Factory’s new software architecture will lead to less effective privacy and content-filtering extensions.
For users of uBlock Origin, which runs on Manifest V2, “options” means using the less capable uBlock Origin Lite, which supports Manifest V3.
I finally got back on the horse a few months ago after about a 10 year hiatus from the Linux world, and I am just cautious about what I install because I’ve borked many distro installs over the years. Since my DD is also for work, and I don’t have the downtime to troubleshoot or reinstall because I went on a package install spree without doing my due diligence on what the packages I’m installing are actually doing, I’d rather take Flatpak for a spin through an Arch VM just to get a feel for it and any kinks I might encounter.
A lot has changed in the past decade, and while I’m amazed at the stability these days, I still err on the side of caution, and also don’t want to fill up my install with a bunch of random stuff I don’t actually need. Same reason I’m also cautious about using AUR. I know dependency hell has very much improved, but call it PTSD for lack of a better term.