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NOT ENTIRELY TRUE. ๐คฆ
MV2 extensions.
Ublock Origin Lite is MV3 based: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin-lite/ddkjiahejlhfcafbddmgiahcphecmpfh
Yes, it's not exactly the same, in how filters are embedded instead of updated separately.
In any case, this is part of Google's long (long, since 2018 or earlier?) transition to MV3.
So let's put down the pitchforks and Monster energy drinks for the moment. This isn't the attack on adblockers you think it is.
So it's ok because they will still allow a shittier version of ubo? ... No.
A) title is still misleading
B) "allow"? ๐
A) no it isn't, some shitty stripped down extension is not the same B) not sure what you're getting at. It's pretty clear and should be an uncontroversial way of putting that. They specifically sought a way to make ad blockers harder to build, so if they left a way to use them at all, that would be ALLOWing it
Google chose to make MV3 neutered in comparison to MV2. They could've found a way to allow the capabilities required for runtime adblocking. They chose not to.