Chrome API update will kill a bunch of other extensions, not just ad blockers

[rcjordan]

(Ublock sounded the alarm yesterday.)

Chrome API update will kill a bunch of other extensions, not just ad blockers | ZDNet
https://www.zdnet.com/article/chrome-api-update-will-kill-a-bunch-of-other-extensions-not-just-ad-blockers/

I use Ublock and scriptsafe a lot, but could get by without them. Tampermonkey does most of the heavy lifting for me on my routinely-visited websites & feeds.  Still, I'd probably switch to FF ...which is a PITA on the chromebook.

[rcjordan]

Google backtracks on Chrome modifications that would have crippled ad blockers | ZDNet
https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-backtracks-on-chrome-modifications-that-would-have-crippled-ad-blockers/

[littleman]

I bet the Mozilla foundation would have been ecstatic if Google had gone ahead with it.

[Brad]

>backtracks

Is it my imagination or does Google seem increasingly out of touch with the public in re. the Web?