Well no kidding, they were going to do this. The writing was on the wall back when they removed the ability to download and apply ad blocking rules. The only way to update the rules would be to update the extensions, and Google is the gatekeeper for extension updates.
Google Chrome forks can wax poetic about how they’re going to be the good browser, that they aren’t going to destroy manifest V3, but most extension developers aren’t going to pay attention to the browsers with a tiny fraction of the market share. Most extension developers don’t pay attention to Pale Moon, either.
Well no kidding, they were going to do this. The writing was on the wall back when they removed the ability to download and apply ad blocking rules. The only way to update the rules would be to update the extensions, and Google is the gatekeeper for extension updates.
Google Chrome forks can wax poetic about how they’re going to be the good browser, that they aren’t going to destroy manifest V3, but most extension developers aren’t going to pay attention to the browsers with a tiny fraction of the market share. Most extension developers don’t pay attention to Pale Moon, either.