Starting Monday, users will gradually be warned the end is near
On Monday, June 3, 2024, some people using Beta, Dev, and Canary builds of Google's Chrome browser will be presented with a warning banner when they access their extension management page – located atThe banner will say that legacy Manifest V2 browser extensions will stop working soon. Those extensions include ad-blockers and other content filters that rely on the Manifest V2 API.
The transition from Manifest V2 to Manifest V3 has been underway for at least five years. It makes new APIs available to browser extensions and removes old ones. The most salient of these is the blocking version of theAPI, which is used to intercept and alter network traffic prior to display. Under Manifest V2, it's what extension developers use to stop adverts, trackers, and other content appearing on pages, and prevent certain scripts from running.
As a result of this multi-year tussle and concessions Google has made to frustrated extension developers, the current version of MV3 is generally perceived to be better than initially proposed, butNot even Chromebooks can escape AI PC craze: Google to inject Plus laptops with LLM juiceAnother day, another Google cull: Chocolate Factory axes 49 malicious Chrome extensions from web store
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