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Google Chrome is finally transitioning to Manifest V3, introducing new rules for ad blockers
After six years of development, Google Chrome is transitioning to Manifest V3 – Mountain View's new version of the Chrome extension platform – which will become mandatory...
Initially introduced in 2018, the last update regarding Manifest V3 came a few months ago when Google indicated that extensions using V2 would begin to be phased out starting in early June across the Beta, Dev, and Canary channels. Google claims Manifest V3 aims to enhance the security, privacy, performance, and trustworthiness of extensions as it introduces stricter limits on what they can do and how they access user information. For instance, under Manifest V3, ad blocking extensions seeking to modify their filter lists will need to submit their updates through Chrome Web Store's approval system.
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