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Caspy7 | 3 years ago

https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1534893414579249152

> Brave will support uBO and uMatrix so long as Google doesn’t remove underlying V2 code paths (which seem to be needed for Chrome for enterprise support, so should stay in the Chromium open source). Will Google Chrome Web Store really kick them out over V2? We will host if needed.

https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1534905779630661633

> > I’d be interested to hear a plan for Brave on what will happen if upstream removes the code paths needed for pre-v3 ad blockers.

> We could fork them back in at higher maintenance cost. No point in speculating — I don’t write checks of unknown amount and sign them, and Google looks likely to keep V2 support for a year (thanks be to “enterprise”).

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imbnwa|3 years ago

I see my misunderstanding, they're specifically maintaining the webRequest interface

yoasif_|3 years ago

> I see my misunderstanding, they're specifically maintaining the webRequest interface

They aren't specifically maintaining anything. Brave's CEO doesn't "write checks of unknown amount[s] and sign them".

Caspy7|3 years ago

I think you're thinking of Firefox.