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How difficult would it be to fork and mantain a chromium version that still supports Manifest V2? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As Google tries to hinder ad-block extensions with their new platform Manifest V3, it seems to me Chrome or any Chromium derivatives are no longer a viable way to browse the web safely. So it got me wondering, how much big of a task would it be to still suport Manifest V2 on newer releases of Chromium? Maybe implement some legacy option for backwards compatibility with older extensions. I think it would be a great alternative to have, but I haven't seen anyone coming up with something similar.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If I recall correctly, some Chromium browsers will continue to support Manifest V2. For example, Brave and Vivaldi, if I'm not mistaken.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, but their adblockers are built in ones.

Those are not store extensions.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Can they be disabled?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why does it matter? You can always install the one you want.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Disabling Manifest V2 will break a lot of extensions apparently.