Google will deprecate Manifest V2 extensions in Chrome by June 2024
Google has officially declared its intention to proceed with the deprecation of Manifest V2, a move that has been anticipated by the developer community for some time. To alleviate migration issues, Google has incorporated several modifications to Manifest V3, a revision that is based on developer feedback.
Starting from June 2024, with the release of Chrome 127, Google will start disabling Manifest V2 extensions in pre-stable versions of Chrome, including Dev, Canary, and Beta channels. As a result of this change, users will see Manifest V2 extensions automatically turned off in their browsers and the ability to install Manifest V2 extensions from the Chrome Web Store will also be removed.
Furthermore, Manifest V2 extensions will be stripped off their Featured badge in the Chrome Web Store in June 2024, if they currently possess one.
For enterprises that rely on the ExtensionManifestV2Availability policy to maintain the operation of Manifest V2 extensions, Google is providing an additional year, until June 2025, to transition their Manifest V2 extensions. This extended timeline is designed to provide organizations with sufficient time to make the necessary adjustments.
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External links
- Resuming the transition to Manifest V3Chrome for Developers • Official source
- Your Chrome extensions may stop working in 2024gHacks Technology News
- Google’s revised Chrome extension standard loosens restrictions on ad blockersThe Verge
- Old Manifest V2 Chrome extensions will be disabled in 20249to5Google
- Google Chrome is making a big change to extensions by mid-2024Android Police
Comments
Google really wants to kill traditional ad-blockers huh?
In a way, that's a good thing. The more they double down, the more people will stop using their services, which mostly serve as adware and spyware.
Vivaldi has an inbuild ad and trackerblocker, no needs of the Chrome Store. The problem is that V2 extensions are going to stop working in other browsers as well. Although I think that the adblocker devs are not going to rest on their laurels and also update their corresponding products. But I do think that Google is going to shoot itself in the knee with this, at least in the EU, since there the use of adblockers is a right and recommended by security experts and states.
Firefox doesn't have any plans to drop V2 support AFAIK.
Brave's built-in ad and tracker blocker is coded into the browser and doesn't rely on V2. They also said they plan to keep supporting V2 as long as possible, whether Spygle approves it or not.
As far as I'm concerned, blocking ads and trackers is a right, no matter where you are. I really don't give a flying frig whether the greedy big tech companies like it or not.