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ayushnix | 3 years ago

> I just want to know if someone will port uBlock to MV3.

What's the point in porting uBlock to MV3 if it means neutering it? You already have numerous other ad blockers which don't go all the way and have stuff like "acceptable" ads.

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ehsankia|3 years ago

How is it neutering it? Can you specifically list the features that would not be possible under MV3, and how commonly used said features are by the average people who install the extension and don't customize anything?

ayushnix|3 years ago

Raymond Hill, the developer of uBlock Origin said that "removing the blocking ability of the webRequest API means the death of uBO" in this comment

https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338#iss...

You can follow the issue tracker for any progress related to MV3 development of uBO but from what I can see, there isn't much interest yet in porting uBO to MV3 because it's not worth it.

This EFF article also goes into details about why MV3 is harmful for adblockers.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/googles-manifest-v3-st...