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I'm tired of this crap where companies constantly restrict my freedom in the name of security.. the same thing happened to Chromium, where Google decided that MV2 was "insecure" so with MV3 we alsi lost the webRequestBlocking api which had nothing to do with that..

Hey, listen, I don't fall for these obvious scams and I even rarely install apps/extensions, but when I do, I know what I'm doing.

There should be a giant "OPT OUT" button (you press it, you're responsible for it) so I'd not be bothered ever again.



The fact that MV3 retained webRequest while removing webRequestBlocking should tell you everything you need to know about their motivations.




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