Gregory's Server@obsolescentsapien @nixCraft they will most likely remove it from Chromium, too, which will result in other chromium based browsers, like Brave, Vivaldi, Edge,… loosing that as well. Aren't they using the same plugin repo, too? I think Firefox and LibreWolf are the real alternatives here.
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 @penguin_brian @duco @obsolescentsapien @nixCraft The problem with that is making a fork of a project as huge as a browser isn't realistic for small independent teams in the long term, at least not when you're making drastic changes that conflict with downstream updates. Google is still the majority code contributor to Chromium, a small team can't just take over the whole project, nor can they fight with Google's downstream updates indefinitely.  @duco it's not actually being removed from Chrome. It's being removed from the Chrome Web Store, which is also where all other Chromium browsers get their extensions from. Fortunately it's easy enough to "sideload" them (for lack of a better word), as extensions like TrackMeNot and AdNauseum have been doing for a long time.  @AudraTran Is it really removed from the web store? I'm just aware of removing Manifest 2 support (which is the old standard for chrome extensions) and just allowing Manifest 3 extensions. Because they removed some APIs in Manifest 3, which where used by ad blockers, they aren't working with Manifest 3 in the way they did with Manifest 2 APIs. @duco yes, if you look up the article in the OP, it says "Chrome Web Store installs will no longer be possible". |
@duco @obsolescentsapien @nixCraft I might be wrong, but it sounds like they are removing it from the browser, not the repo. If they change chromium, the change can always be reverted because it is open source. If they change the repo, they can always change the chromium to use another source for the plug-in.