For many users, browsing the web these days can be very frustrating due to the amount of ads on websites. In some cases, certain websites use intrusive adwaresuch as videos that play automatically or take up half of the screen and we have also seen cases malware ads. Because of this, many are considering using ad blocker or ad blocker as needed for web browsing. Since the use of this type of extension may affect your finances, Google works to reduce the impact of ad blockers when browsing the web.

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Platform Manifest V3 will be introduced to Google Chrome in 2023

Last year, Google confirmed its plans to end support for a platform for creating extensions known as Manifest V2 in favor of a new Manifest V3. Although the company claims that the Manifest V3 platform will be safer for users, many extension developers question this decision as it will negatively impact ad-blocking extensions.

According to the original plan, all extensions on the Manifest V2 platform will be deactivated in January 2023. from Google, but plans changed: From January 2023 and starting from Google Chrome 112Google will begin experimenting with disabling extension support based on the Manifest V2 platform for the browser offered through distribution channels. canary, developer as well as Beta. From June of the same year, the company will start experimenting with disabling support for extensions based on the Manifest V2 platform. in google chrome 115 in all distribution channels, including a stable channel.

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For extension developers, Google has confirmed that as of January 2023. will require the use of the Manifest V3 platform to have your extensions listed in the Chrome Web Store. In June of that year, the Chrome Web Store will no longer accept extensions based on the Manifest V2 platform, and existing extensions will no longer be displayed to the public, being available only through direct links. Finally, from January 2024 Google will completely remove all extensions based on the Manifest V2 framework from the Chrome Web Store.

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Manifest V3 and impact on ad blockers

Many ad blockers available today use thousands of different rules and APIs. web request block entire categories of HTTP requests while browsing the web. Depending on the extension, this can affect the loading speed of websites.

With the Manifest V3 platform, developers will have to use the option declarativeNetRequest instead of web request. This will basically force the developers reduce the number of rules used by your ad blockers. To give you an idea of ​​the impact of the change, many ad blockers use over 300,000 different rulesbut with platform Manifest V3 this can be reduced to 30,000. That is, many ads will not be blocked by ad blockers based on the Manifest V3 platform.

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Ad blocker companies will need to update their extensions to comply with the new Chrome Web Store requirements. OUR AdGuardthe company that developed the extension of the same name is one of them and is already working on updated version with support for the Manifest V3 platform. To learn more here.

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