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0 pointsHWR_143y ago0 comments

> Removing whatever misfeatures Google adds to Chrome is fairly straightforward.

Yes. But adding back in Manifest v2 isn't. Even MSFT claims that it's too much work for them.

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IIUC, the only problem with Mv3 is that they disabled the WebRequest API. A fork of Chromium that solves this problem will just have to re-enable the WebRequest API, which seems doable.

HWR_14OP3y ago

Isn't the lack of a WebRequest API one of the primary changes in Manifest v3?

NeverFade3y ago

It's apparently quite possible to keep supporting the WebRequest API in Mv3, since Firefox is doing just that.

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0 pointsHWR_143y ago0 comments

> Removing whatever misfeatures Google adds to Chrome is fairly straightforward.

Yes. But adding back in Manifest v2 isn't. Even MSFT claims that it's too much work for them.

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NeverFade3y ago

IIUC, the only problem with Mv3 is that they disabled the WebRequest API. A fork of Chromium that solves this problem will just have to re-enable the WebRequest API, which seems doable.

HWR_14OP3y ago

Isn't the lack of a WebRequest API one of the primary changes in Manifest v3?

NeverFade3y ago

It's apparently quite possible to keep supporting the WebRequest API in Mv3, since Firefox is doing just that.

1 more reply

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse