How difficult would it be to fork and mantain a chromium version that still supports Manifest V2?
How difficult would it be to fork and mantain a chromium version that still supports Manifest V2?
As Google tries to hinder ad-block extensions with their new platform Manifest V3, it seems to me Chrome or any Chromium derivatives are no longer a viable way to browse the web safely. So it got me wondering, how much big of a task would it be to still suport Manifest V2 on newer releases of Chromium? Maybe implement some legacy option for backwards compatibility with older extensions. I think it would be a great alternative to have, but I haven't seen anyone coming up with something similar.
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Right now - easy, with the difficulty going up over time as the main Chromium codebase continues to change (and especially as it gets security updates). I think I’ve read that some variants (Brave?) have committed to supporting ManifestV2 for as long as possible, for instance with their own fork.
For a year, but it will be extremely difficult for them to maintain mv2 after jun 2025.
Why that date specifically?
Most of these browsers use the enterprise policy of chromium.
https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate/mv2-deprecation-timeline
Thank you for the clarification
Just wait for July 2025
Why. What happens during that time?
I have no idea. Another month passes