corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1年前Here's what's happening to ad blockers in Google Chromewww.spacebar.newsexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1293arrow-down113cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1280arrow-down1external-linkHere's what's happening to ad blockers in Google Chromewww.spacebar.newscorbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1年前message-square63fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareEkky@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up116arrow-down1·edit-21年前So, in short: Google is not killing ad blockers, but merely chopping off both legs and arms in the name of security. ublock Origin is implementing a lite version for chromium browsers, supposedly being pretty decent given the circumstances. Old Manifest V2 extensions will be disabled in June 2024 and Manifest V2 will be removed in June 2025. Firefox is Firefox. Privacy and security focused chromium based browsers will have to implement proper native ad blocking.
So, in short: