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Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by tssva on Friday September 20, 2019 @10:24PM (#21033107)
Mozilla's statement regarding Manifest V3 hints that Mozilla is likely to follow the same path at a later date. They face the same security and privacy issues surrounding plugins that have driven Apple and Google to make the changes they have.
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Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by p4t44 on Saturday September 21, 2019 @04:35AM (#21034192)
> We have no immediate plans to remove blocking webRequest and are working with add-on developers to gain a better understanding of how they use the APIs in question to help determine how to best support them.

I don't take from that they will apply it in the future, just they don't want to rule anything out.

source: https://www.ghacks.net/2019/09/03/mozilla-wont-follow-google...

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