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Mike Young @mikeyoung44

Google's MV3 Update Weakens Ad Blockers By 94%

Google's MV3 update weakens ad blockers by 94.3%, reducing privacy protection & boosting ad revenue. Technical limitations include a 30,000 rule cap & removal of WebRequest API.

This is a Plain English Papers summary of a research paper called Google Chrome Update Makes Ad Blockers 94% Less Effective, Study Shows. If you like these kinds of analysis, you should join AImodels.fyi or follow us on Twitter.

  
  
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Google's Manifest Version 3 (MV3) significantly weakens ad blockers
Study reveals 94.3% drop in blocking effectiveness under MV3 constraints
MV3 reduces privacy protection for users while boosting ad revenue
Technical limitations include 30,000 rule cap and removal of blocking WebRequest API
Findings challenge Google's claims about MV3's security ben...