In the article, Firefox is cited as intending to adopt MV3 for compatibility reasons. If they indeed do so, I'm not sure how much relief running Firefox will offer from the more evil aspects of MV3.
With Firefox's market share, not much. This could massively benefit Firefox adoption, though, because everyone relying on old extensions will have to switch.
From that viewpoint, the new restrictions could actually be a good thing.
At the point when Edge (Chromium) no longer supports proper adblockers, I would instantly stop using it and use Firefox for almost everything. It would be a 100% deal-breaker for me.
Right now, I have Firefox installed but don't use it much, because I don't see a compelling advantage.
They're not really "adopting" it as the way forward. Firefox will be able to use Mv3-type extensions, but the current extension types will continue to work.
mkl|4 years ago
jeroenhd|4 years ago
From that viewpoint, the new restrictions could actually be a good thing.
chihuahua|4 years ago
kelnos|4 years ago
heavyset_go|4 years ago
iggldiggl|4 years ago
Certainly nothing firm as far as it looks, but at the very least they're thinking about it, even though that change is somewhat problematic, too.
renzo88|4 years ago