![]() ![]() The company refuses to block tracking cookies until it can first build a tracking and advertising system directly into Chrome. Whether it's explicitly or implicitly, Google's ad division seems to have an increasing influence on the design of Chrome. The report says performance also isn't a valid excuse, citing a study showing that ad downloading and rendering degrades browser performance. The EFF poked holes in most of Google's justifications for Manifest V3 changes, saying that malicious extensions are mostly interested in stealing data and that Manifest V3 only stops extensions from blocking data, not inspecting it, so Google isn't doing much to stop bad actors. Under the new specifications, extensions like these-like some privacy-protective tracker blockers-will have greatly reduced capabilities." A few months ago, the EFF called Manifest V3 "deceitful and threatening." The privacy advocacy group said Manifest V3 "will restrict the capabilities of web extensions-especially those that are designed to monitor, modify, and compute alongside the conversation your browser has with the websites you visit. Advertisementįurther Reading Google delays death of tracking cookies again, wants more time for “testing”There's considerable concern that Google is using its position as the world's largest browser vendor to protect Google's business model by hamstringing ad blockers and privacy-protection extensions. Google says Manifest V3 is "one of the most significant shifts in the extensions platform since it launched a decade ago." The company claims that the more limited platform is meant to bring "enhancements in security, privacy, and performance." Privacy groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) dispute this description and say that if Google really cared about the security of the extension store, it could just police the store more actively using actual humans instead of limiting the capabilities of all extensions. In January 2024, Manifest V2 extensions will be removed from the store entirely. Starting in January 2023 with Chrome version 112, Google "may run experiments to turn off support for Manifest V2 extensions in Canary, Dev, and Beta channels." Starting in June 2023 and Chrome 115, Google "may run experiments to turn off support for Manifest V2 extensions in all channels, including stable channel." Also starting in June, the Chrome Web Store will stop accepting Manifest V2 extensions, and they'll be hidden from view. Google's latest blog post details the new timeline for the transition to Manifest V3, which involves ending support for older extensions running on Manifest V2 and forcing everyone onto the new platform. The update is controversial because it makes ad blockers less effective under the guise of protecting privacy and security, and Google just so happens to be the world's largest advertising company. "Manifest V3" is the rather unintuitive name for the next version of Chrome's extension platform. We believe that everyone has a right to surf the web without being bombarded with pop-ups or video ads or being tracked by advertisers everywhere they go.Google's journey toward Chrome's "Manifest V3" has been happening for four years now, and if the company's new timeline holds up, we'll all be forced to switch to it in year 5. ![]() Our designers, developers, writers, managers, and more are obsessed with making the Internet a better place. We are a diverse, fully remote team with employees spread across North America and the globe. If you'd like to learn more about how Acceptable Ads works, where the money from this program goes, and more, please visit our Acceptable Ads FAQ. Ads that are deemed non-intrusive are shown by default to AdBlock users. Since 2015, we have participated in the Acceptable Ads program, where publishers agree to ensure their ads meet certain criteria. Our focus is blocking annoying and intrusive ads. Some of our favorite content is made possible with ads, and many of our users actively allow ads from creators they like using features available in AdBlock. We believe that publishers should be able to monetize their content via advertising. It also gives users the ability to have control over their privacy by blocking many of the tools that advertisers and technology companies use to track people when they are online. ![]() The open-source software we create is designed to give users control over what they see in their web browser. Created by Michael Gundlach in 2009, AdBlock is now one of the most popular browser tools in existence. It is used by tens of millions of users worldwide on all major browsers in more than 30 languages. We built AdBlock to provide a worry-free and distraction-free Internet experience for everyone. ![]()
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