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zmni
Brass Contributor
May 30, 2019

Manifest V3: Web Request Changes

So, Google plan to introduce manifest v3 that limit extensions blocking capability by removing webRequest API and replacing it with super limited declarativeNetRequest.   Please, please don't remov...
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sambul95
Iron Contributor
Jun 03, 2019

 

zmni wrote:

Please, please don't remove/change/limit this API. If microsoft truly listen to it's user and many extensions developer complaining this changes.

Edge team has already removed a number of useful Chromium features, including apps support. They claimed Google at some point intended to discontinue apps support. Despite Google said lately they will maintain such support.

 

So I think the chance is slim they would maintain the engine fork, it contradicts purpose of moving to Chromium. Equally important, may be MS expects a share of ads revenue in exchange for contributing to Chromium project? 😂

 

Announcements like this should be in line with web standards. Numerous webpage ads threaten internet usability. Browser developers don't own the web, they merely provide tools to access the web, and should not be allowed by the user community and web standards to make the web a superprofit place while neglecting user needs.

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Broadband
Copper Contributor
Jun 05, 2019

sambul95 

 

They did add ad-blocking to edge on android which isn't naively supported so you never know. Makes sense that they could possibly stay with the mainline and include the "paid enterprise" features as default here.

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