I remember several chromium-based browser developers saying for several changes made by google to chromium that they can’t afford the maintenance burden to reverse it.
…reverse what?
manifest v3
uBlock already solved this issue and still for other browsers it was never a problem in the first place, because they have domain-blocking built into the browser itself.
…reverse what?
uBlock already solved this issue and still for other browsers it was never a problem in the first place, because they have domain-blocking built into the browser itself.
Know why? Because. They’re. Not. Chrome.
“several changes made by google to chromium”
No, they don’t. They released a light version that will attempt to do it’s thing in the limited environment of up to date chromium browsers.
And then here is something new that shows how google can not only easily control chroimum based browsers, but basically every other one too, by creating their own definition of “open web”: Their vision: https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/blob/main/explainer.md Users thoughts: https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/issues A specific issue (there are more) where the standpoint of googlers (you are dumb! (does not explain why)) and the users (we don’t want this!) can be clearly seen: https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/issues/36 Discussion on lemmy: https://lemmy.blackeco.com/post/25574