The "Manifest V3" rollout is back after letting tensions cool for a year.

Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024::The “Manifest V3” rollout is back after letting tensions cool for a year.

    • ABCDE@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2723·
      1 year ago

      I wish it was for me, but Chrome is necessary for some work I do.

      Edit: very weird I get so many downvotes because I need to use a specific browser. Get out more, please.

        • Captain Poofter@lemmy.worldEnglish
          213·
          1 year ago

          I was doing some work on the social security site and the site i needed wouldn’t even load unless it was chrome or edge. There are sadly too many important website that are somehow allowed to gatekeep browsers. I feel like if their site follows guidelines then there’s no reason they should be restricted from browsers, but here we are.

        • ABCDE@lemmy.worldEnglish
          133·
          1 year ago

          Platforms I use don’t work reliably with other browsers, online teaching ones to be specific.

          • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.oneEnglish
            7·
            1 year ago

            Ah, that’s a tough one.

            I needed to install Ungoogled Chromium to join lectures, because the remote learning site refused to work in Firefox (wouldn’t be surprised if it was developed against a chrome-specific API)

          • enkers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            163·
            1 year ago

            Most of the time the site doesn’t really need chrome, it’s just that’s all they test it with, so they say it’s a requirement.

            There’s an addon for Firefox called User-Agent Switcher and Manager that allows you to have Firefox identify itself to websites as chrome (among others), and it often fixes the problem.

            • AustralianSimon@lemmy.worldEnglish
              143·
              1 year ago

              I work in IT so I am aware of this. Maybe you’ve not worked in enough places that just build incompatible (cr)apps?

              And sure, just go outside our locked down machine policies and install Firefox and unapproved extensions. That will do down well.

              • enkers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                7·
                1 year ago

                Yeah, “most” was probably a bit hyperbolic, especially for internal websites, and I guess it’s no surprise that the sectors you mentioned would be particularly bad for it.

                The best place for my little PSA probably wasn’t in response to your post in particular.

                • AustralianSimon@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  4·
                  1 year ago

                  Sorry I’m snippy as I have personal stuff going on. You are right in so far as if you have full control of your machine which isn’t the case for the orgs I mentioned.

                  We can pull FF into our dev environment so I’ve seen these annoying behaviours.

                  • enkers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                    3·
                    1 year ago

                    All good; I didn’t think about your comment thoroughly enough before replying, and you had a very valid point! ^^

      • enkers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        155·
        1 year ago

        Edit: …

        Yeah, I get “Google bad”, and agree, and am 100% on the Firefox train, but downvoting people for not using FF is kinda stinky.

    • Winnem@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      817·
      1 year ago

      I’ve tried switching so many times, most recently yesterday. Every time something just doesnt work or is missing. Yesterday it was stremios web client that refused to show the video that I was simultaneously watching in chrome.

      And the fact that Firefox doesnt do tab groups. Such a convenient feature for me, and I couldnt find an extension that did the job. Maybe some of you can help?

      • teichflamme@lemm.eeEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        Absolutely agree on the tab groups. I don’t get how this is not implemented yet, it’s a basic feature with great impact to usability.

        • hcbxzz@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          Firefox actually had tab groups way back, but Mozilla, in their infinite wisdom, removed it because apparently their main mission now is to antagonize all their loyal power users.

          • teichflamme@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Right now there’s no built in options and it could just be deactivated.

            Also the add ins I’ve seen still lack chrome’s feature of auto grouping. They just allow me to manually group.

        • Winnem@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          No amount of refreshing or clearing cookies and cache has helped so far. It just says “video not supported” no matter which file I try to play.