alt Hacker News> Anyone jumping up and down about MV3 while using Mac or iOS are hypocrites, since MV3 is essentially doing the same thing Safari did years ago,
iOS I'll give you, but macOS can in fact run ex. Firefox.
> finally matching the security and the privacy in that regard.
"Matching" inferior security+privacy is not a good thing. The only way this is an improvement if you think the blockers are malicious; otherwise a useful tool in the users interest has been made less powerful.
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One of the most common API malware extensions use is what MV3 blocks, and adblock extension is one of the common malware vectors:
https://helpcenter.getadblock.com/hc/en-us/articles/97384768...
https://www.wired.com/story/fake-chrome-extensions-malware/
This has been never ending.
> The only way this is an improvement if you think the blockers are malicious
Extensions and in turn MV2 blockers can easily be malicious.
https://usa.kaspersky.com/blog/dangerous-chrome-extensions-8...
Look at how many in Kaspersky’s list are advertised as ad blockers. The majority of users aren’t tech savvy like HN.