A look at the growing disparities between ad blocker browser extensions, as Google's Manifest V3 bans blocking via Web Request while Mozilla keeps supporting it
There's a growing split over how much room browsers should leave for ad blocking — and Chrome and Firefox have ended up on opposite sides of the fight.
Mozilla made clear that Firefox will maintain support for Web Request, keeping the door open for the most sophisticated forms of ad blocking. “Firefox and Chrome are squaring off over ad-blocker extensions” https://www.theverge.com/... via @Verge
NEW: I wrote about the slow rolling conflict between Google and Mozilla over how effectively ad blocking browser extensions should be allowed to work. https://www.theverge.com/...
“Google presents the changes as a benefit to privacy, security, and performance, but critics see it as a calculated effort to limit the impact of ad blocking on a company that is funded by ads”:Firefox and Chrome are squaring off over ad-blocker extensions https://www.theverge.co…
Must read article from @verge about changes to Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, Opera, etc) that will drastically break ad blocking capabilities. tldr; switch to @firefox now. Use @gorhill's brilliant ad blocker uBlock Origin. https://www.theverge.com/...