Google's Controversial Plan to Disable Older Chrome Extensions Starts June 3

dvdnet62@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.ml – 154 points –
Google's Controversial Plan to Disable Older Chrome Extensions Starts June 3
me.pcmag.com
30

You are viewing a single comment

afaik it’s not only for google chrome but for chromium in general. so privacy friendly browsers like brave and degoogled chromium are also affected unless they fork the chromium project or something.

Gee, if only there was an option other than Chrome!

In terms of web engine, there are Gecko(Mozilla) and WebKit(Apple) for you to chose from, which isn't that much choice.

I use Mozilla every single day and have done so for about 6 years now. Personally I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything but ads if I don't a Chromium based browser.

I’ve been using Mozilla products for going on 20 years on my windows PCs, and other than websites arbitrarily deciding they don’t work on non chrome browsers, I’ve rarely had issues.

Yes, and Mozilla browsers are an viable alternative. What's the issue?

It is viable, just lack diversity in terms of web engine. Web tech today are just too complex to have another web engine. Even Microsoft ditch its EdgeHTML and favor Blink, the engine used by Chromium-based browsers.

You already have to fork the chromium project to make Brave and degoogled chromium

Some Chromium browsers like Brave and Vivaldi already announced they'll extend it for as long as they can, and when they no longer can't, they'll think of something else like improve their own blockers.