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"Begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable"
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Re: "Begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable"
#122https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
Chrome to Firefox is a relatively easy switch, especially for those that don’t depend on Google sync. The main sources of friction for me were the lack of a good profile switching UI (solved with a browser extension that mimics the Chrome menu), and weird security requirements for homemade extensions (IIRC if you want to have the extension persist after restarting Firefox, you need to sign the extension, which is a p…
Profile is already available in Firefox(before chrome implemented it). Details on how to use it: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-...
Also in chrome, multiple profiles need multiple google account(If I understand the UI correctly)connected, but in Firefox no account is needed.
Re: "Begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable"
#123I will recommend Librewolf. Default Firefox has a lot of garbage and bloat.
Re: "Begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable"
#124Hopefully this is the inflection point for Chrome. Despite all their made-up "security" reasons, everyone knows this is solely about making adblock less effective. For many users, adblock is what makes chrome bearable - and if they make it unbearable, then those users will leave. Slowly but surely. Google seems much too sure of itself making this change. I hope their arrogance pays off just the same as Microsoft's di…
Yeah, I don't browse the web without an ad blocker.
Re: "Begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable"
#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
Agreed on hoping this is the inflection point, but only partial agreement that it's about adblock. For sure Google wants adblock to die, but I think it goes even deeper than that. I think it's part of a much bigger trend in tech in general but also in Google: Removing user control. When you look at the "security" things they are doing, many of them have a common philosophy underpinning them that the user (aka device…
It is important, I think, to understand that personal computing is just one part of the picture. "Enterprise" environments (governments, businesses, large organizations, etc.) have demanded many of these "features" even before Google started implementing them. Your workplace, by and large, does not want you, the replaceable person who happens to be sitting at the keyboard, to be in full control of the device that the…
Then they could have made Mv3 an option to turn on by sysadmins who lock down their browsers. If you aren’t locking down your users browsers then that’s on you. I mean at worst they could have made mv2 opt-in and most people would have highly curtailed their complaints of “I’ll jump ship to _____________” . People don’t like it when features are removed especially when there are viable alternatives like, adding a special tier of review to get mv2 approval for your extension, opt-in/out as discussed, easy access by sysadmins to turn it on/off. Instead google pulled a bully “so, pencil-neck, what are you gonna do about it?” instead. They are tone-deaf and see themselves as the new 800lb silverback on the block.
Re: "Begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable"
#126Earlier quoted context omitted.
Agreed on hoping this is the inflection point, but only partial agreement that it's about adblock. For sure Google wants adblock to die, but I think it goes even deeper than that. I think it's part of a much bigger trend in tech in general but also in Google: Removing user control. When you look at the "security" things they are doing, many of them have a common philosophy underpinning them that the user (aka device…
yes, iOS now restricts Apps from getting blanket access to their contacts, photos, and even clipboard. On the one hand, it does protect the user from malicious Apps that trick users into giving blanket access. On the other hand, they could have atleast done it like location access - where user still has an option to give blanket access. It is not fair that Siri is the only one that can access these things now.
That's literally how iOS works today. If I go into Settings > Privacy & Security > Photos, I can give apps None, Limited Access, or Full Access. Same with Contacts, same with the clipboard (where the per-app choices are Ask, Deny, or Allow).
> It is not fair that Siri is the only one that can access these things now.
That would be true if it was, but it isn't.
Re: "Begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable"
#127Earlier quoted context omitted.
Agreed on hoping this is the inflection point, but only partial agreement that it's about adblock. For sure Google wants adblock to die, but I think it goes even deeper than that. I think it's part of a much bigger trend in tech in general but also in Google: Removing user control. When you look at the "security" things they are doing, many of them have a common philosophy underpinning them that the user (aka device…
It is important, I think, to understand that personal computing is just one part of the picture. "Enterprise" environments (governments, businesses, large organizations, etc.) have demanded many of these "features" even before Google started implementing them. Your workplace, by and large, does not want you, the replaceable person who happens to be sitting at the keyboard, to be in full control of the device that the…
> It sucks and the general trend of workplaces trusting their employees less and less
You get what you pay for. Seeing that employee retention is frowned upon.
Re: "Begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable"
#128Earlier quoted context omitted.
Chrome to Firefox is a relatively easy switch, especially for those that don’t depend on Google sync. The main sources of friction for me were the lack of a good profile switching UI (solved with a browser extension that mimics the Chrome menu), and weird security requirements for homemade extensions (IIRC if you want to have the extension persist after restarting Firefox, you need to sign the extension, which is a p…
I don't know if this is what you meant, but as an alternative to profile switching, there are Multi Account Containers [1]. It allows assigning a container to each tab, and the containers are isolated from each other. If you have an MS or Google account for both work and personal, you can open them at the same time in different tabs. [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...
this is such a killer feature I don't understand why it even is an extension, every browser that isn't adversarial to the user should have that feature tbh
Re: "Begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable"
#129Hopefully this is the inflection point for Chrome. Despite all their made-up "security" reasons, everyone knows this is solely about making adblock less effective. For many users, adblock is what makes chrome bearable - and if they make it unbearable, then those users will leave. Slowly but surely. Google seems much too sure of itself making this change. I hope their arrogance pays off just the same as Microsoft's di…
> everyone knows this is solely about making adblock less effective I thought I knew that. Then I switched from uBlock Origin to uBlock Origin Lite in Chrome, which is compatible with Manifest v3. I was prepared for the horrible onslaught of ads, expecting at least a quarter would start getting through, ready to switch to Firefox... ...and didn't notice a single change. Not a single ad gets through. And at the same t…
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Re: "Begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable"
#130For people who want to stick with a Chrome-based browser while still using the full-featured uBlock Origin: Brave will keep supporting uBlock Origin even after Manifest V2's removal from Chromium. https://brave.com/blog/brave-shields-manifest-v3/
Note that Brave's creator opposes same sex marriage, is a Coronavirus "skeptic", and his silly cryptocurrency is made to work with brave browser.
Brave's creator, B. Eich, also created JavaScript, so I assume you have that disabled everywhere.