Firefox

If they get much of their funding from Google, then I fear that the company that does no harm will eventually strong-arm Mozilla into disabling ad blockers.

My answer to that is for them to move off of Google search revenue, but they’ll need a decent funding stream to replace it.

I wish people were willing to donate more to the services they love instead of handing the reins to free-with-ads models. It’s like the drug we all can’t quit. And there is something to be said for being sustainably funded without ever-chasing growth.

From the article ...

Although many ad-blockers have migrated to Manifest V3 versions, these are generally less capable of detecting and blocking promoted targeted content.

Although Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari have all adopted MV3, they have done so with their own implementation modifications, allowing users greater freedom while still benefiting from the security enhancements.

Still, support for MV2 is the only way to go for older add-ons, and Firefox reiterated via an announcement today that it will continue to support it in the foreseeable future.

"While some browsers are phasing out Manifest V2 entirely, Firefox is keeping it alongside Manifest V3," said Mozilla.

Glad to hear Firefox is doing the dual-support thing.