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Re:AdGuard publishes the first ad blocker built on Manifest V3 by JoshTriplett on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @08:48AM (#32649706)
If Google did that, there'd be widespread cries of "gatekeeping!". Mozilla was blasted for doing exactly the same thing.
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Re:AdGuard publishes the first ad blocker built on Manifest V3 by ocdtrekkie on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @09:14AM (#32649981)
Here's the problem with that apologism: They already are gatekeeping. They made that call as soon as they removed sideloading extensions. The problem is Google is just a shoddy gatekeeper.
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