Chrome's Manifest V3 transition is here. First up are warnings for any V2 extensions.

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.
  • RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    6 months ago

    I was at my parents house last week because i had to help them with their laptop. I told my mom about firefox and she was very confused because she doesn’t seem to understand that google chrome is a browser and that every browser can access google search or their banking site.

    It took a bit of effort to explain that firefox works the exact same but is safer and faster.

    She is now using firefox on her phone because i showed her ublock origin works with it to block ads.

    A lot of people don’t seem to understand that google chrome isn’t the internet and what exactly a browser is.

    • egeres@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      6 months ago

      I feel like “most people” only learn “one technology per category”. They know of, one operative system, one browser, one app to mindless scroll, one program to edit text. As a developer it shocks me a little because I’m always eager to try new programming languages, technologies and ways to interact with things. I guess most people only know about edge/safari because they come pre-installed

      • iopq@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        6 months ago

        How is that shocking?

        I use Linux, Firefox, Lemmy, nano. Why would I change?

    • Malfeasant@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      6 months ago

      A lot of people don’t seem to understand that google chrome isn’t the internet and what exactly a browser is.

      It’s been that way for a lot longer than chrome has been the big one, it used to be the same with internet explorer…

    • egeres@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      I would even go as far as saying that the left meniscus of the gaussian thinks google chrome is “google” and the “thing that finds webs”