corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoHere's what's happening to ad blockers in Google Chromewww.spacebar.newsexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1247arrow-down113cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1234arrow-down1external-linkHere's what's happening to ad blockers in Google Chromewww.spacebar.newscorbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square50fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squareEkky@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up91·edit-29 months agoSo, 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: