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Re:Google Begins Testing Extension Manifest V3 in Chrome Canary by vkizl on Monday November 11, 2019 @07:29AM (#21504274)
They still are the fastest and the most secure, and Manifest v3 is faster than uBlock Origin since no javascript code needs to run.

I won't be using Chrome anymore once they implement this since I like my element-hiding rules which I wrote myself, but for the common rabble, Manifest v3 will be an improvement.

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Re:Google Begins Testing Extension Manifest V3 in Chrome Canary by hendersoon on Monday November 11, 2019 @09:06AM (#21504881)
The speed difference is only noticeable in benchmarks. It's completely meaningless for humans. Manifest v3 will not be an improvement for anyone previously using uBlock Origin.
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Re:Google Begins Testing Extension Manifest V3 in Chrome Canary by vkizl on Monday November 11, 2019 @09:12AM (#21504918)
Disagree. Chrome feels snappier. Firefox stalls sometimes when rendering and can't achieve 60 fps on some websites I use. (Not Google properties)
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Re:Google Begins Testing Extension Manifest V3 in Chrome Canary by JohnFen on Monday November 11, 2019 @02:27PM (#21507989)
That difference is very unlikely to be due to the nature of support provided for ad-blockers, though.
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Re:Google Begins Testing Extension Manifest V3 in Chrome Canary by blep-arsh on Monday November 11, 2019 @08:04AM (#21504492)
They could support declarative rulesets without disabling request blocking. And the request inspection API is still live, it seems; I wonder if this means SimilarWeb and other spyware peddlers can stay in business for now.
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