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Manifest 3 is the latest version of Chrome’s extensions platform. The Chrome for Developers’ website describes it as an improvement to the “privacy, security and performance of extensions”. This claim has been met with scepticism by the EFF and other privacy advocates. The controversy centres around Manifest 3’s removal of an extension’s ability to use remotely hosted code.
As of Chrome 127, Google has also given itself the right to review and authorise browser extension updates. This gives it the power to slow down or disable ad-blocking extensions.