News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Chrome users beware: Manifest v3 is deceitful and threate... by kreetx on Thursday December 09, 2021 @03:59PM (#29502855)
I'd guess even if Firefox did keep extensions unrestricted then slowly they would die away - given how much smaller the user base will be. We need some new power to emerge in this space.
Re:Chrome users beware: Manifest v3 is deceitful and threate... by bee_rider on Thursday December 09, 2021 @04:42PM (#29503332)
If Firefox keeps full extension capability, as a superset of Chrome's gimped implementation, then extension developers can decide how they want to handle the incompatibility.

I don't really get how the extension ecosystem works anyway -- extension developers are usually just sharing something they use to be helpful/make a point, and then some tack on donations thing, right? Since nobody is doing this to get rich I suspect they won't chase marketshare.

Re:Chrome users beware: Manifest v3 is deceitful and threate... by danuker on Thursday December 09, 2021 @04:05PM (#29502922)
I believe they would gain users from Chrome, where you won't be able to block ads anymore.
Re:Chrome users beware: Manifest v3 is deceitful and threate... by dariusj18 on Thursday December 09, 2021 @04:34PM (#29503252)
I would certainly stop using Chrome
Re:Chrome users beware: Manifest v3 is deceitful and threate... by skinkestek on Thursday December 09, 2021 @05:06PM (#29503626)
Just do it today :-)

I often have a month or more long streak between every time I have to use Ch#%!e ;-)

Bonus point for devs: If it works in Firefox it usually works everywhere since Firefox had always been reasonably standard compliant.

Re:Chrome users beware: Manifest v3 is deceitful and threate... by ddingus on Thursday December 09, 2021 @09:16PM (#29505697)
Right. I really need to finish my move off chrome. I get started, and then...

Thanks for saying this.

Re:Chrome users beware: Manifest v3 is deceitful and threate... by NewEntryHN on Thursday December 09, 2021 @04:42PM (#29503339)
There is surely a bias between users of extensions of uBlock Origin and users of Firefox. The userbase is still smaller, but maybe not enough to completely throw away development.