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It's sad that every thread about this topic turns into simplistic Firefox proselytism.

My observation is that the developers who spearheaded the MV3 transition did so for understandable technical reasons and without any consideration for marketing concerns, yet their explanations get downvoted in favor of conspiracy theories.

It's in fact the other browsers who try to market sticking to MV2 as a unique feature, even though they too will abandon it sooner rather than later.




> My observation is that the developers who spearheaded the MV3 transition did so for understandable technical reasons and without any consideration for marketing concerns

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_wha...


It doesn’t require believing in conspiracy theories to see a clear conflict of interest.

Ad blocking was one of the original reasons people switched from IE to Firefox in the 2004-2008 era. Hopefully, history will repeat itself again.

In the long run, the answer will not be Chrome. The world needs a browser engine that’s not tied to an ad company




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