stopthatgirl7Nov 21, 2023

Google to weaken ad blockers on Chrome in a push for security

Starting June 2024, adblockers such as uBlock Origin and many other extensions on Chrome will no longer work as intended. Google Chrome will begin disabling extensions based on an older extension platform, called Manifest V2, as it moves to the more limited V3 version.

https://cybernews.com/privacy/google-to-weaken-chrome-ad-blockers-push-for-security/

Show threadJaysynNov 21, 2023
Fortunately, this is mitigated by not using Chrome.
Show threadpulaskiwasrightNov 21, 2023
Chrome’s username is so large that sites might start explicitly requiring chrome.
Show threadGigglyBobbleNov 21, 2023
Implicitly they often do already because web devs have become more and more lazy and don't test any browser but their preference.
Show threadpulaskiwasrightNov 21, 2023
Google has already talked about a plan to cryptographically authenticate a browser. We likely won’t be able to get around that.
Show threadGigglyBobble

As far as I remember they acted in parallel and pushed the implementation already. They claimed it to be rogue actions of over-enthusiastic devs after the concept paper caused a public outcry.

I haven't followed that issue but Google will continue to try to close us in, for sure.

Nov 21, 2023 at 12:43pmWeb