According to several user reports online, Google was apparently slowing YouTube down if it detected adblockers. However, Adblock has now confirmed that such is not the case at all.
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Mozilla has released Firefox 109 in the stable (Release) channel. The latest version of the only mainstream non-Chromium browser introduces Manifest V3 support and a bunch of accessibility features.
Mozilla has released Firefox 108.0.2 which brings two important fixes. One is related to video crashes on Mac and the other is related to browser history management on desktop platforms.
Google says that it won't disable Manifest V2 in January 2023 in developer-focused builds like Dev, Canary, and Beta as earlier planned due to insufficient time for testing and unresolved bugs.
Microsoft has published its refined roadmap detailing migrating from Manifest V2 to V3 extensions. According to the updated documentation, Edge will support Manifest V2 extensions until January 2024.
Following consumer backlash, Google has decided to give Manifest V2-based extensions another year and postpone their removal from Chrome and its Web Store to January 2024 instead of January 2023.
Adguard developers are now ready for Google to enforce Manifest V3 policies on extensions developer. The company has announced the launch of the world's first Manifest V3-based ad blocker for Chrome.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has confirmed it is fighting Google Chrome Manifest v3 which effectively cripples all popular ad-blocking extensions, but it could be a losing battle for the EFF
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