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Google Chrome’s plan to limit ad blocking extensions kicks off next week (arstechnica.com)

submitted 5 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Reminder to switch browsers if you haven't already!

Google Chrome is starting to phase out older, more capable ad blocking extensions in favor of the more limited Manifest V3 system.
The Manifest V3 system has been criticized by groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation for restricting the capabilities of web extensions.
Google has made concessions to Manifest V3, but limitations on content filtering remain a source of skepticism and concern.

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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago (18 children)

I can't remember a time when I didn't use Firefox. Actually back in highschool I used IE around 2002ish but only because I didn't know any better back then.

[–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I went from IE to Firefox back in that same timeframe, then by the time Chrome came out, my Firefox just had too much clutter and Chrome was way faster.

Within the past year, Chrome managed to enshittify itself enough that I've gone back to Firefox on PC (still using chrome on mobile) and it's the same sort of "lighter, faster" feel that I got years ago when I left it for Chrome.

There's also the whole ad blocker bullshit too, of course. YouTube ads were the last straw for me.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

if you use Firefox on mobile, you can add plugins like ublock origin.

[–] wesley@yall.theatl.social 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I can't use the Internet on Mobile without an adblocker. The user experience is totally unbearable

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

fully agree

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