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Re:Chrome users beware: Manifest v3 is deceitful and threate... by prox on Thursday December 09, 2021 @03:55PM (#29502814)
I really hope so. Any good sources to find out Mozilla’s stance?
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Re:Chrome users beware: Manifest v3 is deceitful and threate... by mirashii on Thursday December 09, 2021 @04:19PM (#29503084)
https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2021/05/27/manifest-v3-updat...

> We will support blocking webRequest until there’s a better solution which covers all use cases we consider important, since DNR as currently implemented by Chrome does not yet meet the needs of extension developers.

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Re:Chrome users beware: Manifest v3 is deceitful and threate... by tentacleuno on Thursday December 09, 2021 @05:18PM (#29503751)
It would certainly be interesting they implemented blocking webRequest (just to keep compatibility with Chrome) and then added a Firefox-specific API for blocking web requests.
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