Live data from Hacker News

Proxy Chrome extensions are not going to be usable in MV3

bugs.chromium.org

1–10 of 215 posts

Re: Proxy Chrome extensions are not going to be usable in MV3

#4
As a proxy extension developer, this is absolutely maddening. We're forced to choose between auth-less open proxies (bad), or baking in a wacky authentication scheme through a side channel (also bad). MV3 drops in 2.5 months, and will leave tens of millions of proxy extension users unable to use products they paid money for.

This is all on top of the many other issues with MV3 that Google is pushing under the guise of "improving performance".

Re: Proxy Chrome extensions are not going to be usable in MV3

#7
I don't want to pile on here but everyone who used Chromium while pretending they weren't supporting google's Chrome monopoly, pretending Chromium was something else, are getting the only outcome that was possible. It was entirely predictable from the start and if you play stupid games you win stupid prizes.

Re: Proxy Chrome extensions are not going to be usable in MV3

#8
post #4

As a proxy extension developer, this is absolutely maddening. We're forced to choose between auth-less open proxies (bad), or baking in a wacky authentication scheme through a side channel (also bad). MV3 drops in 2.5 months, and will leave tens of millions of proxy extension users unable to use products they paid money for. This is all on top of the many other issues with MV3 that Google is pushing under the guise o…

V3 will improve performance of ads division.

Re: Proxy Chrome extensions are not going to be usable in MV3

#9
post #8
post #4

As a proxy extension developer, this is absolutely maddening. We're forced to choose between auth-less open proxies (bad), or baking in a wacky authentication scheme through a side channel (also bad). MV3 drops in 2.5 months, and will leave tens of millions of proxy extension users unable to use products they paid money for. This is all on top of the many other issues with MV3 that Google is pushing under the guise o…

V3 will improve performance of ads division.

Where is EU when you need them with their anti-trust litigation. Google is pulling a 2000s Microsoft.
Post reply on HN