Google Chrome’s plan to limit ad blocking extensions kicks off next week

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

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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They collect everything? I'm on mint. I want extensions, and not have to run my browser like I need to tweak an OS. I just want it to work. What do I use?

https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/firefox

if user.js editing is too much of a pain then get plain librewolf, go to settings and enable history-saving:

search bar 'history' > scroll to 'history' > disable 'clear history when librewolf closes'.

supports extensions just fine too! :)

https://librewolf.net/installation/linux/ installation for mint

edit: why the downvotes? i cited a good source for my claims.

edit 2: hackernews post about plain firefox being spyware, mental outlaw's video on the topic and eric murphy's video on this.

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