Literally my reaction when I saw that.
Comment on Google to weaken ad blockers on Chrome in a push for security
TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
“Security”, haha yeah right
stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 10 months ago
5BC2E7@lemmy.world 10 months ago
they obviously mean their financial security.
gregorum@lemm.ee 10 months ago
The security of their profits
Spotlight7573@lemmy.world 10 months ago
An extension having access to everything on every page you visit is a potential security issue.
Whether that’s an acceptable risk for you in order to have an extension that blocks ads is another question.
draughtcyclist@programming.dev 10 months ago
Extensions by definition are a security issue. For that matter, so is being connected to the Internet in the case of a browser.
Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 10 months ago
As far as I know, the plan for Manifest V3 only included removing blocking from the WebRequest API and extensions using WebRequest could still see whatever activity they are given permission to view.
AProfessional@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Correct, and the reasoning for removing blocking was performance.
TheDarkKnight@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Wouldn’t loading the ads impact performance moreso than loading them? Not really a browser nerd so no idea it just seems like blocking a piece of content from loading outright would be less demanding than loading it.
radix@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The security of their cash flow.