Google postponed the transition to a new system with the complication of ad blockers

American corporation Google endured moving indefinitely from the Manifest V2 to Manifest V3 extension system, which would render current versions of ad blockers useless. According to Google representatives, the update is still not ready, and developers continue to analyze feedback and make changes to the new system.

Google justified the transition to Manifest V3 by saying that thanks to the new system, extensions could also work on mobile devices (Safari with iOS, for example, has support for extensions). Also, some Manifest V2 extensions consume too many system resources, which negatively affects performance. Currently, Manifest V2 supports 128K extensions and Manifest V3 supports 34K.

Google also wants to continue to fight against ad blockers, which will become much more difficult to perform their functions after the introduction of Manifest V3. AdGuard said that switching to Manifest V3 will not affect the operation of the ad blocker, while Mozilla switched to Manifest V3 with special security settings that allowed ad blockers to work. Initially, Google’s transition to Manifest V3 planned From January.

Evgeny Fedunenko