Firefox continues Manifest V2 support as Chrome disables MV2 ad-blockers

Mozilla has renewed its promise to continue supporting Manifest V2 extensions alongside Manifest V3, giving users the freedom to use the extensions they want in their browser. Manifest V3 is a Google-developed browser extension specification aimed at making add-on functionality in web browsers safer by restricting overly permissive network requests and remote content loading. Despite the intentions, Manifest V3 places restrictions on certain types of add-ons, like ad-blockers, that can render them less effective. As Manifest V3 enforcement is rolling out, extensions not compatible with it are being disabled from people's browsers, depriving users of the choice of functionality over risk. One notable case of deactivations confirmed by BleepingComputer late last week is for the uBlock Origin ad blocker, which has over 38 million downloads on the Chrome Web Store. Although many ad-blockers have migrated to Manifest V3 versions, these are generally less capable of detecting and blocki ... Read full article.