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[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 months ago

Manifest v3 is the new cookie replacement in Chrome right? Is Firefox also adopting it? I think Google's version helps them monopolize information collection and inhibit add blocking, I hope Firefox's version doesn't do that? What's the benefit?

[-] RandomGen1@lemm.ee 47 points 4 months ago

Manifest v3 is about add-ons or extensions like ad blockers, grease monkey, etc. Manifest v3 gets rid of some features of Manifest v2 that will severely hamper ad blocking. Mozilla has committed to keeping manifest v2 support in addition to v3 as a bypass to this

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