Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 Is Deceitful and Threatening

Re:Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 Is Deceitful and Threate... by aqfamnzc on Friday November 17, 2023 @10:49AM (#38305189)

I would welcome it too, but it's never going to happen. The masses just don't care enough to change their habits, especially when there's any friction to switching. It's why tactics like MS's aggressive edge pushing actually work to some degree.

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Re:Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 Is Deceitful and Threate... by wimp on Friday November 17, 2023 @11:12AM (#38305519)

Internet Explorer had 95% market share in 2004, with much of the same sentiment.

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Re:Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 Is Deceitful and Threate... by hurryer on Friday November 17, 2023 @12:12PM (#38306508)

But then for 5 years they refused to implement any new feature in a time of massive web innovation.

Chrome is not repeating that mistake, most new web APIs come from them.

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Re:Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 Is Deceitful and Threate... by amartya916 on Friday November 17, 2023 @11:45AM (#38306051)

Agree completely. Additionally, there is a massive Chromebook user base (with the default Chrome browser) that basically has a chokehold on the K12 education space. Conjecture: I think this gets students used to the model of Chrome + Google Docs that they carry forward to their computing use/experience for the future.

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Re:Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 Is Deceitful and Threate... by forthesamersn on Friday November 17, 2023 @12:22PM (#38306685)

Sounds similar to religious indoctrination of the young and absorbent. Get em while they're young is the maxim.

If they actually focused on bettering their web services they wouldn't need to hold reign over web browsers.

This actually shows that they know themselves their products could not stand up in a real free market.

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