Manifest V2 phase-out begins
Manifest V2 phase-out begins
In November 2023, we shared a timeline for the phasing out of Manifest V2 extensions in Chrome. Based on the progress and feedback we...
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It becomes impossible to block ads in all browsers new forks will be made and the features we want will happen. The bar to spin and maintain a new browser is high but it's not impossible on there are a lot of people that want this
Sorry mate I think this is a little naive.
I suspect that the bar to "spin and maintain a new browser" is so high as to be impossible.
The resources required to keep firefox afloat are huge. It's not something a few like minded individuals can do on their weekends.
You should check out Ladybird browser, it's an impressive piece work, it's definitely no ready for everyday use, but it is proof that a small community can develop and maintain a project as complex and large as a browser.
It is probably the only browser in active development that is not being paid by Google, even Firefox gets most of its income from defaulting the search engine to Google
Pretty good evidence that it's just not possible to do, honestly.
And who is going to do it? All these "open source" projects are financially backed by some corpos
Independent Web browsers in active development which use their own engine and (aim to) support modern Web standards:
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Linux Foundation Europe's Servo
That's it.