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Chrome’s next weapon in the War on Ad Blockers: Slower extension updates
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 03 Dec 2023
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Or realizing they can stick to an older Chrome version with V2 extensions that retain full capabilities...
That will stop working way sooner than you'd like. Freezing a browser isn't tenable at all, not just for features websites are expecting but also security issues. There's a reason every browser except Safari has a 6 weeks release cycle.
Web tech doesn't evolve that fast. You can use a 1 year old version today without worrying about missing any website functionality.
What you're missing is features that the browser itself introduces, but in this case those would be anti-features so arguably Chrome will be getting worse.
Then there's of course the security vulnerabilities.
Of course the whole discussion is moot since there's a much simpler alternative, switching to another browser.
Vvvat?