Manifest v3 and Extensions

Thanks a lot lexcyn for bringing up this very important issue again, as well as to Kelly_Y for passing it on. 
I'm afraid most users, and even many insiders here, are not really aware of the profound changes that switching to Manifest v3 and thus abandoning v2 extensions will mean to their own browsing experience and future use of internet in general. 

For those who are not familiar with it, a Manifest is a file within an application that specifies things like permissions and dependencies, determined by the app's contributor, and is a mandatory component that has to be included in any extension. Simply said, a Manifest is like the 'rulebook' for a developer and defines what an extension can do and what not. 

So, with Google forcing this switch to the new Manifest v3 in its Chromium project by mid of 2023, they will restrict extensions from important actions like redirecting sites and blocking web requests, which can indeed enhance security a bit, but will also brake add block extensions like uBlock Origin. 

Google's intention for this is pretty obvious. Since add blockers severely reduce their profits, especially on their prime cash cow youtube, they now try to abandon them and give us users an unhindered experience of add galore again 😉
But like you mentioned above, uBlock and similar are not only add blockers, I too consider them as an important security enhancement, and like with you, it's a mandatory extension to any browser in our company for years now. 

So please Microsoft, keep this in mind on your considerations about migrating to v3, at least think about the concept lexcyn proposed (keeping v2 for certain extensions) and give it a try. 

Btw, this is Microsoft's latest statement (Oct 27th) on migration to Manifest v3: 
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions-chromium/developer-guide/manifest-v3