{"id":58954,"date":"2022-12-12T18:08:37","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T23:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pappp.net\/?guid=d3713bf83e2edf61256e4d18300ac04e"},"modified":"2022-12-12T18:08:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T23:08:37","slug":"chromes-manifest-v3-plan-to-limit-ad-blocking-extensions-is-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=58954","title":{"rendered":"Chrome\u2019s \u201cManifest V3\u201d plan to limit ad-blocking extensions is delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1903852\">Ars Technica<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color : #fff7d5;\n\t\t\tborder-width : 1px; padding : 5px; border-style : dashed; border-color : #e7d796;margin-bottom : 1em; color : #9a8c59;\">Article note: Even Google can't pull this bullshit off by fiat without serious repercussions.<\/div><div>\n<figure><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/5619516786_c3823debf8_o-800x475.jpg\" alt=\"Chrome&rsquo;s &ldquo;Manifest V3&rdquo; plan to limit ad-blocking extensions is delayed\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/5619516786_c3823debf8_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Enlarge<\/a> (credit: <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/9yzuys\">Isaac Bowen \/ Flickr<\/a>)<\/p>  <\/figure><div><a name=\"page-1\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>For several years now, Google has wanted to kill Chrome's current extension system in favor of a more limited one, creating more restrictions on filtering extensions that block ads and\/or work to preserve the user's privacy. The new extension system, called \"Manifest V3\" technically <a href=\"https:\/\/chromeunboxed.com\/chrome-88-manifest-v3-controversy-ad-blockers-ublock\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hit the stable channel<\/a> in January 2021, but Chrome still supports the older, more powerful system, Manifest V2. The first steps toward winding down Manifest V2 were supposed to start January 2023, but as <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2022\/12\/12\/manifest-v2-chrome-extension\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">9to5Google<\/a> first spotted, Google <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.chrome.com\/docs\/extensions\/mv3\/mv2-sunset\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">now says<\/a> it delayed the mandatory switch to Manifest V3 and <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/u\/1\/a\/chromium.org\/g\/chromium-extensions\/c\/zQ77HkGmK9E\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">won't even have<\/a> a new timeline for a V2 shutdown ready until March.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2022\/09\/chromes-new-ad-blocker-limiting-extension-platform-will-launch-in-2023\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The old timeline<\/a> started in January 2023, when beta versions of Chrome would start running \"experiments\" that disable Manifest V2. This would move to the stable version in June, with the Chrome Web Store banning Manifest V2 extensions in January 2024. The new timeline is that there is no timeline, and every step is now listed as \"postponed\" or \"under review.\"<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/u\/1\/a\/chromium.org\/g\/chromium-extensions\/c\/zQ77HkGmK9E\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a post<\/a> about the delay, Chrome Extensions Developer Advocate Simeon Vincent says, \"We&rsquo;ve heard your feedback on common challenges posed by the migration, specifically the service worker&rsquo;s inability to use DOM capabilities and the current hard limit on extension service worker lifetimes. We&rsquo;re mitigating the former with the Offscreen Documents API (added in Chrome 109) and are actively pursuing a solution to the latter.\" After adding that every step of the timeline is on hold, Vincent said, \"Expect to hear more about the updated phase-out plan and schedule by March of 2023.\"<\/p><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1903852#p3\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read 5 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1903852&amp;comments=1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Comments<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge (credit: Isaac Bowen \/ Flickr)  <\/p>\n<p>For several years now, Google has wanted &#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=58954\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[226],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}