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Google Has Removed Manifest V2 Extensions From the Chrome Web Store, Including uBlock Origin
webiterate.dev/google-removed-extensions-ublock-origin-108/😡1
Replying to @inari@piefed.zip
Big win for Firefox.
Replying to @THX1138@lemmy.ml
Firefox is Chrome with extra steps
Replying to @goatinspace@feddit.org
Care to elaborate? It’s actually not like chrome at all. The engine is different, it’s not Google, they haven’t blocked manifest v2 plugins… Other than being a web browser, how would you classify it as Chrome?
Replying to @BassTurd@lemmy.world
Not only are they different, Gecko is like 12 years older than Chromium.
Replying to @BassTurd@lemmy.world
I guess they could be referring to how much money Google throws at Mozilla to keep Google Search as standard in Firefox? Still, it’s a tenuous link at best
Replying to @BassTurd@lemmy.world
In about:config check with what google services, urls, relays, vpns browser communicates. What organizations donate most money.
Replying to @goatinspace@feddit.org
Hardly makes it “Chrome with extra steps”.
Replying to @BassTurd@lemmy.world
Did you actually look inside?
Replying to @goatinspace@feddit.org
I don’t have to. Yea, it shares some backend Google services, but the rest of the browser, like the other 90% isn’t Chrome. It’s like comparing Windows and Mac OS and saying that they’re the same because they both connect to the same Internet and that their operating systems. Just like Chrome v Firefox, they are two distinctly different products.