Google continues extensions Manifest v3 push even though some APIs are not ready yet
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Come January 2023, Chrome will only support extensions that are designed using Manifest v3. While there will be an Enterprise policy to delay this by six months, most Chrome users will encounter only Manifest v3 extensions from January 2023 on.
Older extensions, those using Manifest v2, won't be offered in the Chrome Web Store anymore and they can't be updated. Chrome won't accept these either, and there is a chance that many users will have some of their extensions disabled by the browser automatically (Contentblockers, Proxy extensions, Tampermonkey and similar)
If that is not bad enough, extension developers face issues that are very similar to what Firefox extension developers faced a few years ago. Some of the promised APIs are not available yet, and with the January 2023 deadline approaching fast, some could not even begin the porting.
But also other article,mencioned Vivaldi as one of the alternatives to use
https://www.ghacks.net/2022/09/09/opinion-it-is-time-to-switch-from-chrome-to-another-browser/
Even when Vivaldi don't support M3, it can not longer use extensions from Chrome Store, because there are not longer exists or only in reduced versions.
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A few words on this topic can be found on our blog: https://vivaldi.com/blog/manifest-v3-webrequest-and-ad-blockers/.
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@jane-n , I am quite confident in the Vivaldi team of knowing how to deal with Google's dirty tricks to get us ads and trackers, yes or yes. Although in any case I have Portmaster (Windows, Linux, Android) installed on my system, a magnificent soft (FOSS) highly recommended. It allows to control all the traffic of the network and among others it also blocks ads, trackers and malware. Optional also includes an SPN (a VPN on steroids), although this is paid (€ 99 / year).
Still in alpha, but works flawless.