The extensions are crippled by the changes in Manifest V3, access to the APIs, and artificial limitations. Raymond Hill, the developer of uBlock Origin, released an add-on called uBlock Lite (formerly uBO Minus), it seems promising, but it's not as good as the original version. In the event that Vivaldi is forced to drop support for Manifest V2, users may have no choice, but to rely on the browser's built-in ad-blocker.ĪdGuard recently released a Manifest V3 compatible content blocker, but the extension hasn't had an impressive start. The browser maker plans to remove whatever restrictions Google adds, but does admit it could be a difficult ride. If Vivaldi continues to support Manifest V2, existing add-ons including ad blockers will remain unaffected, won't they? The developer says this largely depends on how Manifest V3 develops, and also on which the APIs that the extensions use. The developer says that the underlying code for webRequest will remain intact until that time, and since declarativeNetRequest is built on top of it, Vivaldi's native ad blocker written in C++, should be able to use the Chromium API and on paper, continue to function when Manifest V3 becomes the norm. V2 will be available for enterprise users until June 2023. The Manifest V3 ConundrumĪn article published on Vivaldi's blog points out that Manifest V2 is not being deprecated completely, only the ability to block requests from webRequest is. Mozilla will continue to support Manifest V2 in Firefox, as will Vivaldi. Google says that the changes it brings will protect users from loading remotely-hosted code.īrowser makers like Mozilla, Brave and Vivaldi are concerned about the controversial declarativeNetRequest API, which threatens the future of content blockers on Chrome and Chromium-based browsers, and poses a risk to the privacy and security of users. Vivaldi has outlined the future of its ad blocker, and how it could work when Manifest V3 is enforced.
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