> They can say that it's for technical reasons, but this removal also helps their business model.
Isn’t manifestv2 basically the same as Apple is doing? Apple has no business reason to prevent better ad blocking in Safari. Having untrusted third party code intercept all of your request is a privacy concern.
I'm not familiar with the Apple ecosystem. But it is my understanding that Safari does this too indeed. That does not make it right.
> Having untrusted third party code intercept all of your request is a privacy concern
Indeed, but I trust uBlock Origin. More than Google's software.
In any case, extensions are a privacy concern themselves. I still want to be able to install them. Those I trust. Google does have a review phase in their almost mandatory Play Store anyway, they could use this instead of removing useful features if that's their concern.
Isn’t manifestv2 basically the same as Apple is doing? Apple has no business reason to prevent better ad blocking in Safari. Having untrusted third party code intercept all of your request is a privacy concern.