The only reason the google has invested into chromium is something along the lines of web manifest v3 so they can monopolize the way internet is consumed and monetized
Of course they are going to do this
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Yeah, this exactly. Google goes out of their way to be as unfriendly to adblockers as possible in Chrome. I don't know why anyone is still even using Chrome or why you would want to support them (by value-adding to their browser) with your efforts.
because it's still the fastest browser with the most intuitive UI, which is all the vast majority of people care about
I can't think of literally anything meaningfully different about the Chrome UI from any other browser...
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#14I submitted a website sitemap to Google's GSC, but it still couldn't be added.
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#15"Excuse me sir, would you mind carrying this extension that goes against your core business of selling ads?" Publish it as a Firefox add-on instead.
Yup – I think that Chrome’s Manifest V3 has severely limited the capabilities of ad blockers like uBlock Origin as well. I switched to Librewolf a while ago.
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because it's still the fastest browser with the most intuitive UI, which is all the vast majority of people care about
Edge is better, with only downside is that MS keep pushing Bing on its users.
... And all your searches, preferences and and browsing history is linked to your Microsoft + Windows account so you can be targeted by ads better..
I have no idea why people chose Edge over Brave or Vivaldi.
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Edge is better, with only downside is that MS keep pushing Bing on its users.
... And all your searches, preferences and and browsing history is linked to your Microsoft + Windows account so you can be targeted by ads better.. I have no idea why people chose Edge over Brave or Vivaldi.
Because Brave have no way to store my data ( Passwords and bookmarks) for futures install.