Like FLoC and Privacy Sandbox before it, Google Chrome’s Manifest V3 is another example of the inherent conflict of interest that comes from Google controlling both the dominant web browser and one of the largest internet advertising networks.
Firefox maintains the largest extension market that’s not based on Chrome, and the company has said it will adopt Mv3 in the interest of cross-browser compatibility.
Chrome is now too big to challenge. It’s Google’s internet now.
Well, Firefox will adopt Mv3 in the sense that it will be trivial to port a Chrome extension to Firefox. (Which, yes, they do have to do, because Firefox is too small to sustain enough interest from extension devs.)
However, this does not mean that they will adopt the same controversial limitations or drop currently supported APIs.
It is already the case right now that Firefox supports more APIs than Chrome (e.g. the sidebar API) even though they are compatible with Chrome.
And the most controversial aspect of Mv3 – the limitation of the API used for ad blocking – isn’t even relevant, because Firefox has its own, more powerful API which any reasonable ad blocker will use.
Unfortunately. I hope that the EC will be savvy, because it is the only power currently, capable of creating products at the level of those offered by Google, instead of supporting the infrastructure itself in products imported from the American oligopolies.
It is only because of this sloppiness that Google has become so strong.
The standout section for me:
Chrome is now too big to challenge. It’s Google’s internet now.
Well, Firefox will adopt Mv3 in the sense that it will be trivial to port a Chrome extension to Firefox. (Which, yes, they do have to do, because Firefox is too small to sustain enough interest from extension devs.)
However, this does not mean that they will adopt the same controversial limitations or drop currently supported APIs.
It is already the case right now that Firefox supports more APIs than Chrome (e.g. the sidebar API) even though they are compatible with Chrome.
And the most controversial aspect of Mv3 – the limitation of the API used for ad blocking – isn’t even relevant, because Firefox has its own, more powerful API which any reasonable ad blocker will use.
Exactly. Pleasing both worlds
Unfortunately. I hope that the EC will be savvy, because it is the only power currently, capable of creating products at the level of those offered by Google, instead of supporting the infrastructure itself in products imported from the American oligopolies. It is only because of this sloppiness that Google has become so strong.