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What will happen to Brave browser after the manifest change? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by darkstar@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I've read some things online about it all but I'm not a total IT boff. Is it really true that Brave browser won't be able to block ads once the changes are made next year?

Ps. I use Firefox with uBlock but my SO and most of my clients absolutely love Brave

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[–] Vlyn@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

When you do that you'd have to port every single security patch and new feature manually into your fork. And it gets even worse: Because you deviate from the original implementation you continue to use outdated code that nobody is patching at all.

So you can absolutely do that, but in a year you'll have your own browser with tons of security issues and no manpower to find and fix them.

Basically you'd be using an old browser version.