Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2-based extensions in Edge
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Because we want a more permanent solution than one that's only going to last until Summer. What's even the point of switching if you just gotta do it again soon?
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What would it look like to start from scratch with a massively simplified standard for specifying UIs, based on all we've learned since html/css was invented?
Probably a lot better. The difficult, and expensive, part is getting everyone to migrate over to this new standard, not because it'd be unfeasible but because companies don't want to spend any time or money on things that they don't think will make them profit.
What we'd need is, for example, the EU realizing that Google's attempted monopoly on the internet is dangerous and requiring a certain standard for private consumer-facing websites to get the ball rolling.
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Basically browsers are big because they are operating systems for web hosted applications with huge attack surfaces and lots of legacy compatibility requirements amassed over 3 decades.
A rewrite isn't the answer. Putting limits on browser functionality is. JavaScript was the turning point IMHO.
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Well, Firefox tries really hard to go to shit as well with their new Privacy Policy and their first ever Terms of Service.
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Wait, is that all? Because its not a permanent forever fix for Edge users its downvote worthy?
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Maybe Vivaldi or Brave users are reading this article thinking their Manifest v2 support is ending at the same time as Edge? It isn't and I'm letting those users know.
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Maybe there is some critical functionality someone needs in a Chrome based browser and they'll take Manifest v2 support wherever they can get it for as long as they can?
Do you think your specific situation, and therefore your specific desired solution, is the only one in the world that exists?
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Don’t forget Safari. On iOS it is the only usable browser currently with everything else just being a reskin of Safari. There are a lot of iOS users.
That is set to change but only in the European Union.
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It's slowly turning, too. Start looking for something else.
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Corps. All of the bells and whistles it has ties into the corps tenant which includes isolation of things like sync’d profiles, seamless sso, favorites, extensions, etc
Since it’s all under the tenant, all of that data is subject to the same privacy and policies the corp and MS agreed to, which makes it easy to work with other companies that have their own client policy requirements.
MS also makes it easy to control and harden all of their products including Edge using policy controls from a single UI.
You can’t do any of this with Firefox without extra effort.
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We need a truly FOSS browser that developed and maintained by the community. Librewolf isn't it unless it fully forks away from Mozilla. We need a new engine and we just don't have one yet.
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I agree. I'd even be willing to regularly donate to a foundation that would have this aim as their goal and have their acts matching their promises.
Although, not necessarily a new engine. Going from scratch is a good way to remake a lot of mistakes, while reusing old code is a good way to keep old debt. That's not a decision I would like to have to take.
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It's nice to use a browser which doesn't depend of extensions to block ads.
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I know there are but my employer is amazing and the work life balance is great. Don’t care enough to try and change our tech stack, but I hold no ill will towards anyone who does care enough.
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Yeah, I hate how projects become allergic to options. If you want to push your own agenda with new defaults, okay fine, but never ever remove options, let people keep it how they liked it.
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A lot of people won't know but Edge is a browser made by Microsoft that nobody uses and now less than no one will use.
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Ladybird Browser is coming, but could be a couple years still
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Ive been firefox for a long while now
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You can remove that, i don’t see any workspaces
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Yes, actually, they made the source available again.
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I saw in their notes for the previous updates about the workspaces, which essentially said "workspaces are a major part of Zen, so you are no longer allowed to NOT use them". When it was clearly a viable option before. So much for being customizable!
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Yeah the level of control Active Directory can have over Edge is unparalleled. The entire industry would move to a more secure browser and can be centrally managed with Active Directory if something existed.
