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I was a Firefox user since Phoenix/Firebird and only recently switched to Brave for performance (although I think I'm going back, given the recent performance gains).

I have also been using uBlock Origin heavily since the start.

I'm not sure I fully understand the purpose of this. If this is a Manifest V3 thing, I thought Mozilla wasn't adopting it ... so why would uBlock need to adopt it on Firefox?

I'm clearly missing something.

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I believe the plan is to support it without forcing it, unlike Chrome which plans to force it.

Firefox is also moving to Manifest V3, but a more "relaxed" version that still allows a lot of what is being removed in Chrome.

What seems to have happened here, is that uBO decided that, since they now have a declarative version for Chrome, they may as well release it for FF also (but with a few improvements, apparently).

I think it's a smart move on FF's part (a more relaxed V3). If Chrome goes too heavy-handed with anti-adblockers in V3, people might leave Chrome. Yes, they might leave Chrome for a different Chromium browser, but if they get too heavy-handed there, Firefox and its forks are the last large alternative left.

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