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

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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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[-] egeres@lemmy.world 35 points 5 months ago

It's weird that I've been on firefox for the vast majority of my life and I always had this perception that "everyone" was using it. Here in lemmy you hear about it all the time, my friends use it, I see it on my newsfeeds etc

But when you check the market share it around 2.8% while chrome is 65.1% https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share

[-] Juigi@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

I guess average user cares mostly about how fast and smooth the browsing is. Chrome definitely has the edge on that over firefox.

[-] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 11 points 5 months ago

I’m forced to use Chrome quite a bit (workplace silliness) and exclusively use Firefox at home. I seriously cannot see this edge that you claim Chrome has. Do you mean in loading speed? Scrolling speed?

[-] Siegfried@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

I second you, I don't see any advantage on using Chrome over Firefox.

[-] shrugs@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

same for me. no noticeable difference

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