alt Hacker NewsExtensions prior to MV3 were notoriously insecure and granted extension developers a very wide attack surface. Assuming that Google only has a sinister reason to switch to a better standard in an ecosystem riddled with ill-intentioned actors is a bit too cynical.
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bornfreddy • yesterday at 4:56 PM
No, it's not. They could easily have solved the problems without introducing changes to cripple ad blockers, but they decided their investors need some more cash. Actions speak.
OsrsNeedsf2P • yesterday at 4:43 PM
Google will only ever push major updates that are neutral or beneficial to their ad revenue. I do not believe they killed MV3 due to ad blockers, but it's the type of proposal that can survive at Google.
> very wide attack surface.
Do you have details of specific realistic attacks that were possible under MV2 and now impossible under MV3?