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Im8685: Updated cargo tables and added archived link for cited URLs

2026-02-09T08:00:59Z

Updated cargo tables and added archived link for cited URLs

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	'''Chromium''' is a [[wikipedia:Free_and_open-source_software\|free and open-source]] [[:Category:Web browsers\|web browser]] developed by and primarily maintained by [[Google]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date= \|title=Chromium \|url=https://www.chromium.org/Home/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-12 \|website=The Chromium Projects}}</ref> Several major web browsers use Chromium as the base of their software, including [[Google Chrome]],<ref name=":0" /> [[Microsoft Edge]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2019-05-06 \|title=10 cool things to check out at Microsoft Build 2019 \|url=https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2019/05/06/10-cool-things-to-check-out-at-microsoft-build-2019/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=blogs.microsoft.com}}</ref> [[Opera]]/[[Opera GX]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2013-08-27 \|title=Today, Opera 15 has been updated to Opera 16 \|url=https://blogs.opera.com/news/2013/08/today-opera-15-has-been-updated-to-opera-16/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=blogs.opera.com}}</ref> [[Brave browser\|Brave]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-14 \|title=Brave - Homepage \|url=https://brave.com/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=brave.com}}</ref> and others.		'''Chromium''' is a [[wikipedia:Free_and_open-source_software\|free and open-source]] [[:Category:Web browsers\|web browser]] developed by and primarily maintained by [[Google]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date= \|title=Chromium \|url=https://www.chromium.org/Home/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250812185547/https://www.chromium.org/Home/ \|archive-date=2025-08-12 \|access-date=2025-08-12 \|website=The Chromium Projects}}</ref> Several major web browsers use Chromium as the base of their software, including [[Google Chrome]],<ref name=":0" /> [[Microsoft Edge]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2019-05-06 \|title=10 cool things to check out at Microsoft Build 2019 \|url=https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2019/05/06/10-cool-things-to-check-out-at-microsoft-build-2019/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507175316/https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2019/05/06/10-cool-things-to-check-out-at-microsoft-build-2019/ \|archive-date=2019-05-07 \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=blogs.microsoft.com}}</ref> [[Opera]]/[[Opera GX]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2013-08-27 \|title=Today, Opera 15 has been updated to Opera 16 \|url=https://blogs.opera.com/news/2013/08/today-opera-15-has-been-updated-to-opera-16/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140805174212/https://blogs.opera.com/news/2013/08/today-opera-15-has-been-updated-to-opera-16/ \|archive-date=2014-08-05 \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=blogs.opera.com}}</ref> [[Brave browser\|Brave]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-14 \|title=Brave - Homepage \|url=https://brave.com/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250814095854/https://brave.com/ \|archive-date=2025-08-14 \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=brave.com}}</ref> and others.

	==Controversies==		==Controversies==

	===Manifest V3===		===Manifest V3===
	Manifest V3 is an update to the manifest structure used by browser extensions across the majority of the browser market, presented as an upgrade in security, privacy, and performance of these extensions.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Li \|first=David \|title=Resuming the transition to Manifest V3 \|url=https://developer.chrome.com/blog/resuming-the-transition-to-mv3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Chrome for developers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=12 Sep 2024 \|title=Overview and timelines for migrating to Manifest V3 \|url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions-chromium/developer-guide/manifest-v3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref> The changes restrict the access browser extensions can have, thereby enhancing security by preventing them from loading remote resources immediately or significantly altering rendered content. These limitations effectively render the browser market's most effective ad-blockers ineffective.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Siddiqui \|first=Aamir \|date=17 Nov 2023 \|title=Google's Manifest V3 changes will soon disable uBlock Origin on Chrome \|url=https://www.androidauthority.com/google-chrome-manifest-v3-changes-3386506/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Android Authority}}</ref> Despite the developers' efforts to bypass the issue using workarounds and updated versions of Manifest V3, the software's previous efficiency has not been fully restored. For example, blocked domains cannot be updated as conveniently.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Buria \|first=Taras \|date=3 Aug 2024 \|title=uBlock Origin developer recommends switching to uBlock Lite as Chrome flags the extension \|url=https://www.neowin.net/news/ublock-origin-developer-recommends-switching-to-ublock-lite-as-chrome-flags-the-extension/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Neowin}}</ref> This manifest change is supported by leading Chromium-based browsers, making it challenging for other browsers to match previous ad-blocking capabilities without committing to retaining Manifest V2 (such as Firefox, which also utilizes Chromium-sourced manifests) or implementing their own ad-blocking solutions of varying<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Sullivan \|first=Edward \|date=13 Mar 2024 \|title=Manifest V3 & Manifest V2 (March 2024 update) \|url=https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manifest-v2-march-2024-update/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Mozilla]]}}</ref>) or utilizing their own ad-blocking solutions<ref>{{Cite web \|date=27 Jun 2024 \|title=What Manifest V3 means for Brave Shields and the use of extensions in the Brave browser \|url=https://brave.com/blog/brave-shields-manifest-v3/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Brave]]}}</ref> of varied effectiveness.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=17 Jun 2024 \|title=Manifest v3 update: Vivaldi is future-proofed with its built-in functionality \|url=https://vivaldi.com/blog/manifest-v3-update-vivaldi-is-future-proofed-with-its-built-in-functionality/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Vivaldi]]}}</ref><!-- Citations support controversies of Google, Google Chrome, and other third-party companies/products. I suggest this be a part of those articles, and not Chromium. -->		Manifest V3 is an update to the manifest structure used by browser extensions across the majority of the browser market, presented as an upgrade in security, privacy, and performance of these extensions.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Li \|first=David \|date=2023-11-16 \|title=Resuming the transition to Manifest V3 \|url=https://developer.chrome.com/blog/resuming-the-transition-to-mv3 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116172126/https://developer.chrome.com/blog/resuming-the-transition-to-mv3/ \|archive-date=2023-11-16 \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Chrome for developers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=12 Sep 2024 \|title=Overview and timelines for migrating to Manifest V3 \|url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions-chromium/developer-guide/manifest-v3 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919195700/https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions-chromium/developer-guide/manifest-v3 \|archive-date=2024-09-19 \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref> The changes restrict the access browser extensions can have, thereby enhancing security by preventing them from loading remote resources immediately or significantly altering rendered content. These limitations effectively render the browser market's most effective ad-blockers ineffective.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Siddiqui \|first=Aamir \|date=17 Nov 2023 \|title=Google's Manifest V3 changes will soon disable uBlock Origin on Chrome \|url=https://www.androidauthority.com/google-chrome-manifest-v3-changes-3386506/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117102941/https://www.androidauthority.com/google-chrome-manifest-v3-changes-3386506/ \|archive-date=2023-11-17 \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Android Authority}}</ref> Despite the developers' efforts to bypass the issue using workarounds and updated versions of Manifest V3, the software's previous efficiency has not been fully restored. For example, blocked domains cannot be updated as conveniently.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Buria \|first=Taras \|date=3 Aug 2024 \|title=uBlock Origin developer recommends switching to uBlock Lite as Chrome flags the extension \|url=https://www.neowin.net/news/ublock-origin-developer-recommends-switching-to-ublock-lite-as-chrome-flags-the-extension/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803151224/https://www.neowin.net/news/ublock-origin-developer-recommends-switching-to-ublock-lite-as-chrome-flags-the-extension/ \|archive-date=2024-08-03 \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Neowin}}</ref> This manifest change is supported by leading Chromium-based browsers, making it challenging for other browsers to match previous ad-blocking capabilities without committing to retaining Manifest V2 (such as Firefox, which also utilizes Chromium-sourced manifests) or implementing their own ad-blocking solutions of varying<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Sullivan \|first=Edward \|date=13 Mar 2024 \|title=Manifest V3 & Manifest V2 (March 2024 update) \|url=https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manifest-v2-march-2024-update/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314101752/https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manifest-v2-march-2024-update/ \|archive-date=2024-03-14 \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Mozilla]]}}</ref>) or utilizing their own ad-blocking solutions<ref>{{Cite web \|date=27 Jun 2024 \|title=What Manifest V3 means for Brave Shields and the use of extensions in the Brave browser \|url=https://brave.com/blog/brave-shields-manifest-v3/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805200916/https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manifest-v2-march-2024-update/ \|archive-date=2024-08-05 \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Brave]]}}</ref> of varied effectiveness.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=17 Jun 2024 \|title=Manifest v3 update: Vivaldi is future-proofed with its built-in functionality \|url=https://vivaldi.com/blog/manifest-v3-update-vivaldi-is-future-proofed-with-its-built-in-functionality/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618234127/https://vivaldi.com/blog/manifest-v3-update-vivaldi-is-future-proofed-with-its-built-in-functionality/ \|archive-date=2024-06-18 \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Vivaldi]]}}</ref><!-- Citations support controversies of Google, Google Chrome, and other third-party companies/products. I suggest this be a part of those articles, and not Chromium. -->

	==Licensing==		==Licensing==
	Chromium's code is published under the 3-clause BSD license.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=LICENSE \|url=https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/LICENSE \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-12 \|website=Google Git}}</ref>		Chromium's code is published under the 3-clause BSD license.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=LICENSE \|url=https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/LICENSE \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250601160232/https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/%2B/master/LICENSE \|archive-date=2025-06-01 \|access-date=2025-08-12 \|website=Google Git}}</ref>

	=References=		=References=
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	[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]		[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

Bythmusters: added cargo

2026-01-31T19:53:24Z

added cargo

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			\|Company=Google
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	'''Chromium''' is a [[wikipedia:Free_and_open-source_software\|free and open-source]] [[:Category:Web browsers\|web browser]] developed by and primarily maintained by [[Google]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date= \|title=Chromium \|url=https://www.chromium.org/Home/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-12 \|website=The Chromium Projects}}</ref> Several major web browsers use Chromium as the base of their software, including [[Google Chrome]],<ref name=":0" /> [[Microsoft Edge]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2019-05-06 \|title=10 cool things to check out at Microsoft Build 2019 \|url=https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2019/05/06/10-cool-things-to-check-out-at-microsoft-build-2019/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=blogs.microsoft.com}}</ref> [[Opera]]/[[Opera GX]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2013-08-27 \|title=Today, Opera 15 has been updated to Opera 16 \|url=https://blogs.opera.com/news/2013/08/today-opera-15-has-been-updated-to-opera-16/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=blogs.opera.com}}</ref> [[Brave browser\|Brave]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-14 \|title=Brave - Homepage \|url=https://brave.com/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=brave.com}}</ref> and others.		'''Chromium''' is a [[wikipedia:Free_and_open-source_software\|free and open-source]] [[:Category:Web browsers\|web browser]] developed by and primarily maintained by [[Google]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date= \|title=Chromium \|url=https://www.chromium.org/Home/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-12 \|website=The Chromium Projects}}</ref> Several major web browsers use Chromium as the base of their software, including [[Google Chrome]],<ref name=":0" /> [[Microsoft Edge]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2019-05-06 \|title=10 cool things to check out at Microsoft Build 2019 \|url=https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2019/05/06/10-cool-things-to-check-out-at-microsoft-build-2019/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=blogs.microsoft.com}}</ref> [[Opera]]/[[Opera GX]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2013-08-27 \|title=Today, Opera 15 has been updated to Opera 16 \|url=https://blogs.opera.com/news/2013/08/today-opera-15-has-been-updated-to-opera-16/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=blogs.opera.com}}</ref> [[Brave browser\|Brave]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-14 \|title=Brave - Homepage \|url=https://brave.com/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=brave.com}}</ref> and others.

Keith: Tone looks better!

2025-12-12T10:59:11Z

Tone looks better!

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	~~{{ToneWarning}}~~

	'''Chromium''' is a [[wikipedia:Free_and_open-source_software\|free and open-source]] [[:Category:Web browsers\|web browser]] developed by and primarily maintained by [[Google]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date= \|title=Chromium \|url=https://www.chromium.org/Home/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-12 \|website=The Chromium Projects}}</ref> Several major web browsers use Chromium as the base of their software, including [[Google Chrome]],<ref name=":0" /> [[Microsoft Edge]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2019-05-06 \|title=10 cool things to check out at Microsoft Build 2019 \|url=https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2019/05/06/10-cool-things-to-check-out-at-microsoft-build-2019/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=blogs.microsoft.com}}</ref> [[Opera]]/[[Opera GX]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2013-08-27 \|title=Today, Opera 15 has been updated to Opera 16 \|url=https://blogs.opera.com/news/2013/08/today-opera-15-has-been-updated-to-opera-16/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=blogs.opera.com}}</ref> [[Brave browser\|Brave]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-14 \|title=Brave - Homepage \|url=https://brave.com/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=brave.com}}</ref> and others.		'''Chromium''' is a [[wikipedia:Free_and_open-source_software\|free and open-source]] [[:Category:Web browsers\|web browser]] developed by and primarily maintained by [[Google]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date= \|title=Chromium \|url=https://www.chromium.org/Home/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-12 \|website=The Chromium Projects}}</ref> Several major web browsers use Chromium as the base of their software, including [[Google Chrome]],<ref name=":0" /> [[Microsoft Edge]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2019-05-06 \|title=10 cool things to check out at Microsoft Build 2019 \|url=https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2019/05/06/10-cool-things-to-check-out-at-microsoft-build-2019/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=blogs.microsoft.com}}</ref> [[Opera]]/[[Opera GX]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2013-08-27 \|title=Today, Opera 15 has been updated to Opera 16 \|url=https://blogs.opera.com/news/2013/08/today-opera-15-has-been-updated-to-opera-16/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=blogs.opera.com}}</ref> [[Brave browser\|Brave]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-14 \|title=Brave - Homepage \|url=https://brave.com/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=brave.com}}</ref> and others.

ClippyFellow47: Minor grammar edits to improve tone

2025-12-10T17:22:19Z

Minor grammar edits to improve tone

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	===Manifest V3===		===Manifest V3===
	Manifest V3 is an update to the manifest structure used by browser extensions across the majority of the browser market~~; it is~~ presented as an upgrade of security, privacy and performance of ~~said~~ extensions.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Li \|first=David \|title=Resuming the transition to Manifest V3 \|url=https://developer.chrome.com/blog/resuming-the-transition-to-mv3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Chrome for developers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=12 Sep 2024 \|title=Overview and timelines for migrating to Manifest V3 \|url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions-chromium/developer-guide/manifest-v3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref> The changes restrict the access browser-extensions can have, enhancing security by ~~not allowing~~ them ~~to load~~ remote resources immediately or significantly ~~alter~~ rendered content. These limitations effectively ~~break the functionality of~~ the browser market's most effective ad-blockers.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Siddiqui \|first=Aamir \|date=17 Nov 2023 \|title=Google's Manifest V3 changes will soon disable uBlock Origin on Chrome \|url=https://www.androidauthority.com/google-chrome-manifest-v3-changes-3386506/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Android Authority}}</ref> Despite the developers' ~~effort~~ to bypass the issue using workarounds and updated versions of Manifest V3, the software's previous efficiency has not been restored ~~fully~~. For example, blocked domains cannot be updated as conveniently.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Buria \|first=Taras \|date=3 Aug 2024 \|title=uBlock Origin developer recommends switching to uBlock Lite as Chrome flags the extension \|url=https://www.neowin.net/news/ublock-origin-developer-recommends-switching-to-ublock-lite-as-chrome-flags-the-extension/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Neowin}}</ref> This manifest change is supported by leading Chromium-based browsers, making it ~~difficult~~ for other browsers to match previous ad-blocking ~~abilities~~ without committing to retaining Manifest V2 (such as Firefox, which also ~~uses chromium~~-sourced manifests<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Sullivan \|first=Edward \|date=13 Mar 2024 \|title=Manifest V3 & Manifest V2 (March 2024 update) \|url=https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manifest-v2-march-2024-update/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Mozilla]]}}</ref>) or utilizing their own ad-blocking solutions<ref>{{Cite web \|date=27 Jun 2024 \|title=What Manifest V3 means for Brave Shields and the use of extensions in the Brave browser \|url=https://brave.com/blog/brave-shields-manifest-v3/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Brave]]}}</ref> of varied effectiveness.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=17 Jun 2024 \|title=Manifest v3 update: Vivaldi is future-proofed with its built-in functionality \|url=https://vivaldi.com/blog/manifest-v3-update-vivaldi-is-future-proofed-with-its-built-in-functionality/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Vivaldi]]}}</ref><!-- Citations support controversies of Google, Google Chrome, and other third-party companies/products. I suggest this be a part of those articles, and not Chromium. -->		Manifest V3 is an update to the manifest structure used by browser extensions across the majority of the browser market, presented as an upgrade in security, privacy, and performance of these extensions.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Li \|first=David \|title=Resuming the transition to Manifest V3 \|url=https://developer.chrome.com/blog/resuming-the-transition-to-mv3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Chrome for developers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=12 Sep 2024 \|title=Overview and timelines for migrating to Manifest V3 \|url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions-chromium/developer-guide/manifest-v3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref> The changes restrict the access browser extensions can have, thereby enhancing security by preventing them from loading remote resources immediately or significantly altering rendered content. These limitations effectively render the browser market's most effective ad-blockers ineffective.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Siddiqui \|first=Aamir \|date=17 Nov 2023 \|title=Google's Manifest V3 changes will soon disable uBlock Origin on Chrome \|url=https://www.androidauthority.com/google-chrome-manifest-v3-changes-3386506/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Android Authority}}</ref> Despite the developers' efforts to bypass the issue using workarounds and updated versions of Manifest V3, the software's previous efficiency has not been fully restored. For example, blocked domains cannot be updated as conveniently.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Buria \|first=Taras \|date=3 Aug 2024 \|title=uBlock Origin developer recommends switching to uBlock Lite as Chrome flags the extension \|url=https://www.neowin.net/news/ublock-origin-developer-recommends-switching-to-ublock-lite-as-chrome-flags-the-extension/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Neowin}}</ref> This manifest change is supported by leading Chromium-based browsers, making it challenging for other browsers to match previous ad-blocking capabilities without committing to retaining Manifest V2 (such as Firefox, which also utilizes Chromium-sourced manifests) or implementing their own ad-blocking solutions of varying<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Sullivan \|first=Edward \|date=13 Mar 2024 \|title=Manifest V3 & Manifest V2 (March 2024 update) \|url=https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manifest-v2-march-2024-update/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Mozilla]]}}</ref>) or utilizing their own ad-blocking solutions<ref>{{Cite web \|date=27 Jun 2024 \|title=What Manifest V3 means for Brave Shields and the use of extensions in the Brave browser \|url=https://brave.com/blog/brave-shields-manifest-v3/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Brave]]}}</ref> of varied effectiveness.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=17 Jun 2024 \|title=Manifest v3 update: Vivaldi is future-proofed with its built-in functionality \|url=https://vivaldi.com/blog/manifest-v3-update-vivaldi-is-future-proofed-with-its-built-in-functionality/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Vivaldi]]}}</ref><!-- Citations support controversies of Google, Google Chrome, and other third-party companies/products. I suggest this be a part of those articles, and not Chromium. -->

	==Licensing==		==Licensing==
	Chromium's code is published under the 3-clause BSD license.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=LICENSE \|url=https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/LICENSE \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-12 \|website=Google Git}}</ref>		Chromium's code is published under the 3-clause BSD license.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=LICENSE \|url=https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/LICENSE \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-12 \|website=Google Git}}</ref>

Leothemighty: /* Manifest V3 */ tone change

2025-08-27T14:10:13Z

Manifest V3: tone change

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	===Manifest V3===		===Manifest V3===
	Manifest V3 is an update to the manifest structure used by browser-extensions across the majority of the browser market; it is presented as an upgrade to security, privacy and performance.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Li \|first=David \|title=Resuming the transition to Manifest V3 \|url=https://developer.chrome.com/blog/resuming-the-transition-to-mv3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Chrome for developers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=12 Sep 2024 \|title=Overview and timelines for migrating to Manifest V3 \|url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions-chromium/developer-guide/manifest-v3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref> ~~Manifest V3's~~ changes restrict the access browser-extensions can have, ~~presenting a~~ security ~~benefit~~ by not allowing them to load remote resources ~~on the fly~~ or ~~deeply~~ alter rendered content. ~~By doing so,~~ the ~~effectiveness~~ of the browser market's most effective ad-blockers ~~is diminished~~.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Siddiqui \|first=Aamir \|date=17 Nov 2023 \|title=Google's Manifest V3 changes will soon disable uBlock Origin on Chrome \|url=https://www.androidauthority.com/google-chrome-manifest-v3-changes-3386506/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Android Authority}}</ref> ~~Workarounds~~ and updated versions of Manifest V3 ~~have~~ been ~~made but are less effective since, for~~ example, blocked domains cannot be updated as conveniently.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Buria \|first=Taras \|date=3 Aug 2024 \|title=uBlock Origin developer recommends switching to uBlock Lite as Chrome flags the extension \|url=https://www.neowin.net/news/ublock-origin-developer-recommends-switching-to-ublock-lite-as-chrome-flags-the-extension/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Neowin}}</ref> This manifest change is ~~backed~~ by leading Chromium browsers, making it difficult for other browsers to match previous ad-blocking abilities without committing to ~~sustaining~~ Manifest V2 (such as Firefox, which also uses chromium-sourced manifests<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Sullivan \|first=Edward \|date=13 Mar 2024 \|title=Manifest V3 & Manifest V2 (March 2024 update) \|url=https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manifest-v2-march-2024-update/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Mozilla]]}}</ref>) or ~~sustaining~~ their own ad-blocking solutions<ref>{{Cite web \|date=27 Jun 2024 \|title=What Manifest V3 means for Brave Shields and the use of extensions in the Brave browser \|url=https://brave.com/blog/brave-shields-manifest-v3/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Brave]]}}</ref> of varied effectiveness.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=17 Jun 2024 \|title=Manifest v3 update: Vivaldi is future-proofed with its built-in functionality \|url=https://vivaldi.com/blog/manifest-v3-update-vivaldi-is-future-proofed-with-its-built-in-functionality/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Vivaldi]]}}</ref><!-- Citations support controversies of Google, Google Chrome, and other third-party companies/products. I suggest this be a part of those articles, and not Chromium. -->		Manifest V3 is an update to the manifest structure used by browser extensions across the majority of the browser market; it is presented as an upgrade of security, privacy and performance of said extensions.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Li \|first=David \|title=Resuming the transition to Manifest V3 \|url=https://developer.chrome.com/blog/resuming-the-transition-to-mv3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Chrome for developers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=12 Sep 2024 \|title=Overview and timelines for migrating to Manifest V3 \|url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions-chromium/developer-guide/manifest-v3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref> The changes restrict the access browser-extensions can have, enhancing security by not allowing them to load remote resources immediately or significantly alter rendered content. These limitations effectively break the functionality of the browser market's most effective ad-blockers.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Siddiqui \|first=Aamir \|date=17 Nov 2023 \|title=Google's Manifest V3 changes will soon disable uBlock Origin on Chrome \|url=https://www.androidauthority.com/google-chrome-manifest-v3-changes-3386506/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Android Authority}}</ref> Despite the developers' effort to bypass the issue using workarounds and updated versions of Manifest V3, the software's previous efficiency has not been restored fully. For example, blocked domains cannot be updated as conveniently.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Buria \|first=Taras \|date=3 Aug 2024 \|title=uBlock Origin developer recommends switching to uBlock Lite as Chrome flags the extension \|url=https://www.neowin.net/news/ublock-origin-developer-recommends-switching-to-ublock-lite-as-chrome-flags-the-extension/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Neowin}}</ref> This manifest change is supported by leading Chromium-based browsers, making it difficult for other browsers to match previous ad-blocking abilities without committing to retaining Manifest V2 (such as Firefox, which also uses chromium-sourced manifests<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Sullivan \|first=Edward \|date=13 Mar 2024 \|title=Manifest V3 & Manifest V2 (March 2024 update) \|url=https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manifest-v2-march-2024-update/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Mozilla]]}}</ref>) or utilizing their own ad-blocking solutions<ref>{{Cite web \|date=27 Jun 2024 \|title=What Manifest V3 means for Brave Shields and the use of extensions in the Brave browser \|url=https://brave.com/blog/brave-shields-manifest-v3/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Brave]]}}</ref> of varied effectiveness.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=17 Jun 2024 \|title=Manifest v3 update: Vivaldi is future-proofed with its built-in functionality \|url=https://vivaldi.com/blog/manifest-v3-update-vivaldi-is-future-proofed-with-its-built-in-functionality/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Vivaldi]]}}</ref><!-- Citations support controversies of Google, Google Chrome, and other third-party companies/products. I suggest this be a part of those articles, and not Chromium. -->
	==Licensing==		==Licensing==
	Chromium's code is published under the 3-clause BSD license.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=LICENSE \|url=https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/LICENSE \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-12 \|website=Google Git}}</ref>		Chromium's code is published under the 3-clause BSD license.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=LICENSE \|url=https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/LICENSE \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-12 \|website=Google Git}}</ref>

Reform: Fixed citations, primarily where Google was used as a last name of the author, which isn't a good citation.

2025-08-19T20:24:45Z

Fixed citations, primarily where Google was used as a last name of the author, which isn't a good citation.

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	'''Chromium''' is a [[wikipedia:Free_and_open-source_software\|free and open-source]] [[:Category:Web browsers\|web browser]] developed by and primarily maintained by [[Google]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web ~~\|last=Google~~ \|date= \|title=Chromium \|url=https://www.chromium.org/Home/ \|access-date=2025-08-12}}</ref> Several major web browsers use Chromium as the base of their software, including [[Google Chrome]],<ref name=":0" /> [[Microsoft Edge]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2019-05-06 \|title=10 cool things to check out at Microsoft Build 2019 \|url=https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2019/05/06/10-cool-things-to-check-out-at-microsoft-build-2019/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=blogs.microsoft.com}}</ref> [[Opera]]/[[Opera GX]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2013-08-27 \|title=Today, Opera 15 has been updated to Opera 16 \|url=https://blogs.opera.com/news/2013/08/today-opera-15-has-been-updated-to-opera-16/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=blogs.opera.com}}</ref> [[Brave browser\|Brave]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-14 \|title=Brave - Homepage \|url=https://brave.com/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=brave.com}}</ref> and others.		'''Chromium''' is a [[wikipedia:Free_and_open-source_software\|free and open-source]] [[:Category:Web browsers\|web browser]] developed by and primarily maintained by [[Google]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date= \|title=Chromium \|url=https://www.chromium.org/Home/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-12 \|website=The Chromium Projects}}</ref> Several major web browsers use Chromium as the base of their software, including [[Google Chrome]],<ref name=":0" /> [[Microsoft Edge]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2019-05-06 \|title=10 cool things to check out at Microsoft Build 2019 \|url=https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2019/05/06/10-cool-things-to-check-out-at-microsoft-build-2019/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=blogs.microsoft.com}}</ref> [[Opera]]/[[Opera GX]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2013-08-27 \|title=Today, Opera 15 has been updated to Opera 16 \|url=https://blogs.opera.com/news/2013/08/today-opera-15-has-been-updated-to-opera-16/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=blogs.opera.com}}</ref> [[Brave browser\|Brave]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-14 \|title=Brave - Homepage \|url=https://brave.com/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=brave.com}}</ref> and others.

	==Controversies==		==Controversies==
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	Manifest V3 is an update to the manifest structure used by browser-extensions across the majority of the browser market; it is presented as an upgrade to security, privacy and performance.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Li \|first=David \|title=Resuming the transition to Manifest V3 \|url=https://developer.chrome.com/blog/resuming-the-transition-to-mv3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Chrome for developers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=12 Sep 2024 \|title=Overview and timelines for migrating to Manifest V3 \|url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions-chromium/developer-guide/manifest-v3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref> Manifest V3's changes restrict the access browser-extensions can have, presenting a security benefit by not allowing them to load remote resources on the fly or deeply alter rendered content. By doing so, the effectiveness of the browser market's most effective ad-blockers is diminished.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Siddiqui \|first=Aamir \|date=17 Nov 2023 \|title=Google's Manifest V3 changes will soon disable uBlock Origin on Chrome \|url=https://www.androidauthority.com/google-chrome-manifest-v3-changes-3386506/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Android Authority}}</ref> Workarounds and updated versions of Manifest V3 have been made but are less effective since, for example, blocked domains cannot be updated as conveniently.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Buria \|first=Taras \|date=3 Aug 2024 \|title=uBlock Origin developer recommends switching to uBlock Lite as Chrome flags the extension \|url=https://www.neowin.net/news/ublock-origin-developer-recommends-switching-to-ublock-lite-as-chrome-flags-the-extension/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Neowin}}</ref> This manifest change is backed by leading Chromium browsers, making it difficult for other browsers to match previous ad-blocking abilities without committing to sustaining Manifest V2 (such as Firefox, which also uses chromium-sourced manifests<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Sullivan \|first=Edward \|date=13 Mar 2024 \|title=Manifest V3 & Manifest V2 (March 2024 update) \|url=https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manifest-v2-march-2024-update/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Mozilla]]}}</ref>) or sustaining their own ad-blocking solutions<ref>{{Cite web \|date=27 Jun 2024 \|title=What Manifest V3 means for Brave Shields and the use of extensions in the Brave browser \|url=https://brave.com/blog/brave-shields-manifest-v3/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Brave]]}}</ref> of varied effectiveness.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=17 Jun 2024 \|title=Manifest v3 update: Vivaldi is future-proofed with its built-in functionality \|url=https://vivaldi.com/blog/manifest-v3-update-vivaldi-is-future-proofed-with-its-built-in-functionality/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Vivaldi]]}}</ref><!-- Citations support controversies of Google, Google Chrome, and other third-party companies/products. I suggest this be a part of those articles, and not Chromium. -->		Manifest V3 is an update to the manifest structure used by browser-extensions across the majority of the browser market; it is presented as an upgrade to security, privacy and performance.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Li \|first=David \|title=Resuming the transition to Manifest V3 \|url=https://developer.chrome.com/blog/resuming-the-transition-to-mv3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Chrome for developers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=12 Sep 2024 \|title=Overview and timelines for migrating to Manifest V3 \|url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions-chromium/developer-guide/manifest-v3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref> Manifest V3's changes restrict the access browser-extensions can have, presenting a security benefit by not allowing them to load remote resources on the fly or deeply alter rendered content. By doing so, the effectiveness of the browser market's most effective ad-blockers is diminished.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Siddiqui \|first=Aamir \|date=17 Nov 2023 \|title=Google's Manifest V3 changes will soon disable uBlock Origin on Chrome \|url=https://www.androidauthority.com/google-chrome-manifest-v3-changes-3386506/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Android Authority}}</ref> Workarounds and updated versions of Manifest V3 have been made but are less effective since, for example, blocked domains cannot be updated as conveniently.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Buria \|first=Taras \|date=3 Aug 2024 \|title=uBlock Origin developer recommends switching to uBlock Lite as Chrome flags the extension \|url=https://www.neowin.net/news/ublock-origin-developer-recommends-switching-to-ublock-lite-as-chrome-flags-the-extension/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Neowin}}</ref> This manifest change is backed by leading Chromium browsers, making it difficult for other browsers to match previous ad-blocking abilities without committing to sustaining Manifest V2 (such as Firefox, which also uses chromium-sourced manifests<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Sullivan \|first=Edward \|date=13 Mar 2024 \|title=Manifest V3 & Manifest V2 (March 2024 update) \|url=https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manifest-v2-march-2024-update/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Mozilla]]}}</ref>) or sustaining their own ad-blocking solutions<ref>{{Cite web \|date=27 Jun 2024 \|title=What Manifest V3 means for Brave Shields and the use of extensions in the Brave browser \|url=https://brave.com/blog/brave-shields-manifest-v3/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Brave]]}}</ref> of varied effectiveness.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=17 Jun 2024 \|title=Manifest v3 update: Vivaldi is future-proofed with its built-in functionality \|url=https://vivaldi.com/blog/manifest-v3-update-vivaldi-is-future-proofed-with-its-built-in-functionality/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Vivaldi]]}}</ref><!-- Citations support controversies of Google, Google Chrome, and other third-party companies/products. I suggest this be a part of those articles, and not Chromium. -->
	==Licensing==		==Licensing==
	Chromium's code is published under the 3-clause BSD license.<ref>{{Cite web ~~\|last=Google~~ \|title=LICENSE \|url=https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/LICENSE \|access-date=2025-08-12}}</ref>		Chromium's code is published under the 3-clause BSD license.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=LICENSE \|url=https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/LICENSE \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-12 \|website=Google Git}}</ref>

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IncompA: /* Licensing */ Small formatting fixes

2025-08-17T23:11:38Z

Licensing: Small formatting fixes

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	Manifest V3 is an update to the manifest structure used by browser-extensions across the majority of the browser market; it is presented as an upgrade to security, privacy and performance.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Li \|first=David \|title=Resuming the transition to Manifest V3 \|url=https://developer.chrome.com/blog/resuming-the-transition-to-mv3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Chrome for developers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=12 Sep 2024 \|title=Overview and timelines for migrating to Manifest V3 \|url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions-chromium/developer-guide/manifest-v3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref> Manifest V3's changes restrict the access browser-extensions can have, presenting a security benefit by not allowing them to load remote resources on the fly or deeply alter rendered content. By doing so, the effectiveness of the browser market's most effective ad-blockers is diminished.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Siddiqui \|first=Aamir \|date=17 Nov 2023 \|title=Google's Manifest V3 changes will soon disable uBlock Origin on Chrome \|url=https://www.androidauthority.com/google-chrome-manifest-v3-changes-3386506/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Android Authority}}</ref> Workarounds and updated versions of Manifest V3 have been made but are less effective since, for example, blocked domains cannot be updated as conveniently.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Buria \|first=Taras \|date=3 Aug 2024 \|title=uBlock Origin developer recommends switching to uBlock Lite as Chrome flags the extension \|url=https://www.neowin.net/news/ublock-origin-developer-recommends-switching-to-ublock-lite-as-chrome-flags-the-extension/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Neowin}}</ref> This manifest change is backed by leading Chromium browsers, making it difficult for other browsers to match previous ad-blocking abilities without committing to sustaining Manifest V2 (such as Firefox, which also uses chromium-sourced manifests<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Sullivan \|first=Edward \|date=13 Mar 2024 \|title=Manifest V3 & Manifest V2 (March 2024 update) \|url=https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manifest-v2-march-2024-update/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Mozilla]]}}</ref>) or sustaining their own ad-blocking solutions<ref>{{Cite web \|date=27 Jun 2024 \|title=What Manifest V3 means for Brave Shields and the use of extensions in the Brave browser \|url=https://brave.com/blog/brave-shields-manifest-v3/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Brave]]}}</ref> of varied effectiveness.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=17 Jun 2024 \|title=Manifest v3 update: Vivaldi is future-proofed with its built-in functionality \|url=https://vivaldi.com/blog/manifest-v3-update-vivaldi-is-future-proofed-with-its-built-in-functionality/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Vivaldi]]}}</ref><!-- Citations support controversies of Google, Google Chrome, and other third-party companies/products. I suggest this be a part of those articles, and not Chromium. -->		Manifest V3 is an update to the manifest structure used by browser-extensions across the majority of the browser market; it is presented as an upgrade to security, privacy and performance.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Li \|first=David \|title=Resuming the transition to Manifest V3 \|url=https://developer.chrome.com/blog/resuming-the-transition-to-mv3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Chrome for developers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=12 Sep 2024 \|title=Overview and timelines for migrating to Manifest V3 \|url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions-chromium/developer-guide/manifest-v3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref> Manifest V3's changes restrict the access browser-extensions can have, presenting a security benefit by not allowing them to load remote resources on the fly or deeply alter rendered content. By doing so, the effectiveness of the browser market's most effective ad-blockers is diminished.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Siddiqui \|first=Aamir \|date=17 Nov 2023 \|title=Google's Manifest V3 changes will soon disable uBlock Origin on Chrome \|url=https://www.androidauthority.com/google-chrome-manifest-v3-changes-3386506/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Android Authority}}</ref> Workarounds and updated versions of Manifest V3 have been made but are less effective since, for example, blocked domains cannot be updated as conveniently.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Buria \|first=Taras \|date=3 Aug 2024 \|title=uBlock Origin developer recommends switching to uBlock Lite as Chrome flags the extension \|url=https://www.neowin.net/news/ublock-origin-developer-recommends-switching-to-ublock-lite-as-chrome-flags-the-extension/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Neowin}}</ref> This manifest change is backed by leading Chromium browsers, making it difficult for other browsers to match previous ad-blocking abilities without committing to sustaining Manifest V2 (such as Firefox, which also uses chromium-sourced manifests<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Sullivan \|first=Edward \|date=13 Mar 2024 \|title=Manifest V3 & Manifest V2 (March 2024 update) \|url=https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manifest-v2-march-2024-update/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Mozilla]]}}</ref>) or sustaining their own ad-blocking solutions<ref>{{Cite web \|date=27 Jun 2024 \|title=What Manifest V3 means for Brave Shields and the use of extensions in the Brave browser \|url=https://brave.com/blog/brave-shields-manifest-v3/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Brave]]}}</ref> of varied effectiveness.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=17 Jun 2024 \|title=Manifest v3 update: Vivaldi is future-proofed with its built-in functionality \|url=https://vivaldi.com/blog/manifest-v3-update-vivaldi-is-future-proofed-with-its-built-in-functionality/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Vivaldi]]}}</ref><!-- Citations support controversies of Google, Google Chrome, and other third-party companies/products. I suggest this be a part of those articles, and not Chromium. -->
	==Licensing==		==Licensing==
	Chromium's code is published under the 3-clause BSD license <ref>{{Cite web \|last=Google \|title=LICENSE \|url=https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/LICENSE \|access-date=2025-08-12}}</ref>		Chromium's code is published under the 3-clause BSD license.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Google \|title=LICENSE \|url=https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/LICENSE \|access-date=2025-08-12}}</ref>

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Alyssamcfrownyface: sentence structure changes

2025-08-17T18:07:45Z

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	===Manifest V3===		===Manifest V3===
	Manifest V3 is an update to the manifest structure used by browser-extensions across the majority of the browser market; it is presented as an upgrade to security, privacy and performance.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Li \|first=David \|title=Resuming the transition to Manifest V3 \|url=https://developer.chrome.com/blog/resuming-the-transition-to-mv3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Chrome for developers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=12 Sep 2024 \|title=Overview and timelines for migrating to Manifest V3 \|url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions-chromium/developer-guide/manifest-v3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref> Manifest V3's changes restrict the access browser-extensions can have, presenting a security benefit by not allowing them to load remote resources on the fly or deeply alter rendered content~~, by~~ doing so the effectiveness of the browser market's most effective ad-blockers is diminished.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Siddiqui \|first=Aamir \|date=17 Nov 2023 \|title=Google's Manifest V3 changes will soon disable uBlock Origin on Chrome \|url=https://www.androidauthority.com/google-chrome-manifest-v3-changes-3386506/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Android Authority}}</ref> Workarounds and updated versions of Manifest V3 have been made but are less effective since, for example, blocked domains cannot be updated as conveniently.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Buria \|first=Taras \|date=3 Aug 2024 \|title=uBlock Origin developer recommends switching to uBlock Lite as Chrome flags the extension \|url=https://www.neowin.net/news/ublock-origin-developer-recommends-switching-to-ublock-lite-as-chrome-flags-the-extension/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Neowin}}</ref> This manifest change is backed by leading Chromium browsers, making it difficult for other browsers to match previous ad-blocking abilities without committing to sustaining Manifest V2 (such as Firefox which also uses chromium-sourced manifests<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Sullivan \|first=Edward \|date=13 Mar 2024 \|title=Manifest V3 & Manifest V2 (March 2024 update) \|url=https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manifest-v2-march-2024-update/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Mozilla]]}}</ref>) or sustaining their own ad-blocking solutions<ref>{{Cite web \|date=27 Jun 2024 \|title=What Manifest V3 means for Brave Shields and the use of extensions in the Brave browser \|url=https://brave.com/blog/brave-shields-manifest-v3/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Brave]]}}</ref> of varied effectiveness.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=17 Jun 2024 \|title=Manifest v3 update: Vivaldi is future-proofed with its built-in functionality \|url=https://vivaldi.com/blog/manifest-v3-update-vivaldi-is-future-proofed-with-its-built-in-functionality/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Vivaldi]]}}</ref><!-- Citations support controversies of Google, Google Chrome, and other third-party companies/products. I suggest this be a part of those articles, and not Chromium. -->		Manifest V3 is an update to the manifest structure used by browser-extensions across the majority of the browser market; it is presented as an upgrade to security, privacy and performance.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Li \|first=David \|title=Resuming the transition to Manifest V3 \|url=https://developer.chrome.com/blog/resuming-the-transition-to-mv3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Chrome for developers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=12 Sep 2024 \|title=Overview and timelines for migrating to Manifest V3 \|url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions-chromium/developer-guide/manifest-v3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref> Manifest V3's changes restrict the access browser-extensions can have, presenting a security benefit by not allowing them to load remote resources on the fly or deeply alter rendered content. By doing so, the effectiveness of the browser market's most effective ad-blockers is diminished.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Siddiqui \|first=Aamir \|date=17 Nov 2023 \|title=Google's Manifest V3 changes will soon disable uBlock Origin on Chrome \|url=https://www.androidauthority.com/google-chrome-manifest-v3-changes-3386506/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Android Authority}}</ref> Workarounds and updated versions of Manifest V3 have been made but are less effective since, for example, blocked domains cannot be updated as conveniently.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Buria \|first=Taras \|date=3 Aug 2024 \|title=uBlock Origin developer recommends switching to uBlock Lite as Chrome flags the extension \|url=https://www.neowin.net/news/ublock-origin-developer-recommends-switching-to-ublock-lite-as-chrome-flags-the-extension/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Neowin}}</ref> This manifest change is backed by leading Chromium browsers, making it difficult for other browsers to match previous ad-blocking abilities without committing to sustaining Manifest V2 (such as Firefox, which also uses chromium-sourced manifests<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Sullivan \|first=Edward \|date=13 Mar 2024 \|title=Manifest V3 & Manifest V2 (March 2024 update) \|url=https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manifest-v2-march-2024-update/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Mozilla]]}}</ref>) or sustaining their own ad-blocking solutions<ref>{{Cite web \|date=27 Jun 2024 \|title=What Manifest V3 means for Brave Shields and the use of extensions in the Brave browser \|url=https://brave.com/blog/brave-shields-manifest-v3/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Brave]]}}</ref> of varied effectiveness.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=17 Jun 2024 \|title=Manifest v3 update: Vivaldi is future-proofed with its built-in functionality \|url=https://vivaldi.com/blog/manifest-v3-update-vivaldi-is-future-proofed-with-its-built-in-functionality/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Vivaldi]]}}</ref><!-- Citations support controversies of Google, Google Chrome, and other third-party companies/products. I suggest this be a part of those articles, and not Chromium. -->
	==Licensing==		==Licensing==
	Chromium's code is published under the 3-clause BSD license <ref>{{Cite web \|last=Google \|title=LICENSE \|url=https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/LICENSE \|access-date=2025-08-12}}</ref>		Chromium's code is published under the 3-clause BSD license <ref>{{Cite web \|last=Google \|title=LICENSE \|url=https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/LICENSE \|access-date=2025-08-12}}</ref>

Reform: Changed the wording of codebase so it is more according the granny/senator rule, and moved Licensing paragraph to the bottom since it seems less relevant for the average consumer than the Controversies paragraph.

2025-08-17T16:36:18Z

Changed the wording of codebase so it is more according the granny/senator rule, and moved Licensing paragraph to the bottom since it seems less relevant for the average consumer than the Controversies paragraph.

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	'''Chromium''' is a [[~~Free and open~~-~~source software~~\|free and open-source]] [[:Category:Web browsers\|web browser]] developed by and primarily maintained by [[Google]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=Google \|date= \|title=Chromium \|url=https://www.chromium.org/Home/ \|access-date=2025-08-12}}</ref> ~~Its code-base serves as the foundation for several~~ major web browsers, including [[Google Chrome]],<ref name=":0" /> [[Microsoft Edge]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2019-05-06 \|title=10 cool things to check out at Microsoft Build 2019 \|url=https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2019/05/06/10-cool-things-to-check-out-at-microsoft-build-2019/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=blogs.microsoft.com}}</ref> [[Opera]]/[[Opera GX]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2013-08-27 \|title=Today, Opera 15 has been updated to Opera 16 \|url=https://blogs.opera.com/news/2013/08/today-opera-15-has-been-updated-to-opera-16/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=blogs.opera.com}}</ref> [[Brave browser\|Brave]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-14 \|title=Brave - Homepage \|url=https://brave.com/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=brave.com}}</ref> and others.		'''Chromium''' is a [[wikipedia:Free_and_open-source_software\|free and open-source]] [[:Category:Web browsers\|web browser]] developed by and primarily maintained by [[Google]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=Google \|date= \|title=Chromium \|url=https://www.chromium.org/Home/ \|access-date=2025-08-12}}</ref> Several major web browsers use Chromium as the base of their software, including [[Google Chrome]],<ref name=":0" /> [[Microsoft Edge]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2019-05-06 \|title=10 cool things to check out at Microsoft Build 2019 \|url=https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2019/05/06/10-cool-things-to-check-out-at-microsoft-build-2019/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=blogs.microsoft.com}}</ref> [[Opera]]/[[Opera GX]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2013-08-27 \|title=Today, Opera 15 has been updated to Opera 16 \|url=https://blogs.opera.com/news/2013/08/today-opera-15-has-been-updated-to-opera-16/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=blogs.opera.com}}</ref> [[Brave browser\|Brave]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-14 \|title=Brave - Homepage \|url=https://brave.com/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=brave.com}}</ref> and others.

	~~==Licensing==~~
	Chromium's code is published under the 3-clause BSD license <ref>{{Cite web \|last=Google \|title=LICENSE \|url=https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/LICENSE \|access-date=2025-08-12}}</ref>

	==Controversies==		==Controversies==
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	===Manifest V3===		===Manifest V3===
	Manifest V3 is an update to the manifest structure used by browser-extensions across the majority of the browser market; it is presented as an upgrade to security, privacy and performance.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Li \|first=David \|title=Resuming the transition to Manifest V3 \|url=https://developer.chrome.com/blog/resuming-the-transition-to-mv3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Chrome for developers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=12 Sep 2024 \|title=Overview and timelines for migrating to Manifest V3 \|url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions-chromium/developer-guide/manifest-v3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref> Manifest V3's changes restrict the access browser-extensions can have, presenting a security benefit by not allowing them to load remote resources on the fly or deeply alter rendered content, by doing so the effectiveness of the browser market's most effective ad-blockers is diminished.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Siddiqui \|first=Aamir \|date=17 Nov 2023 \|title=Google's Manifest V3 changes will soon disable uBlock Origin on Chrome \|url=https://www.androidauthority.com/google-chrome-manifest-v3-changes-3386506/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Android Authority}}</ref> Workarounds and updated versions of Manifest V3 have been made but are less effective since, for example, blocked domains cannot be updated as conveniently.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Buria \|first=Taras \|date=3 Aug 2024 \|title=uBlock Origin developer recommends switching to uBlock Lite as Chrome flags the extension \|url=https://www.neowin.net/news/ublock-origin-developer-recommends-switching-to-ublock-lite-as-chrome-flags-the-extension/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Neowin}}</ref> This manifest change is backed by leading Chromium browsers, making it difficult for other browsers to match previous ad-blocking abilities without committing to sustaining Manifest V2 (such as Firefox which also uses chromium-sourced manifests<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Sullivan \|first=Edward \|date=13 Mar 2024 \|title=Manifest V3 & Manifest V2 (March 2024 update) \|url=https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manifest-v2-march-2024-update/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Mozilla]]}}</ref>) or sustaining their own ad-blocking solutions<ref>{{Cite web \|date=27 Jun 2024 \|title=What Manifest V3 means for Brave Shields and the use of extensions in the Brave browser \|url=https://brave.com/blog/brave-shields-manifest-v3/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Brave]]}}</ref> of varied effectiveness.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=17 Jun 2024 \|title=Manifest v3 update: Vivaldi is future-proofed with its built-in functionality \|url=https://vivaldi.com/blog/manifest-v3-update-vivaldi-is-future-proofed-with-its-built-in-functionality/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Vivaldi]]}}</ref><!-- Citations support controversies of Google, Google Chrome, and other third-party companies/products. I suggest this be a part of those articles, and not Chromium. -->		Manifest V3 is an update to the manifest structure used by browser-extensions across the majority of the browser market; it is presented as an upgrade to security, privacy and performance.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Li \|first=David \|title=Resuming the transition to Manifest V3 \|url=https://developer.chrome.com/blog/resuming-the-transition-to-mv3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Chrome for developers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=12 Sep 2024 \|title=Overview and timelines for migrating to Manifest V3 \|url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions-chromium/developer-guide/manifest-v3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref> Manifest V3's changes restrict the access browser-extensions can have, presenting a security benefit by not allowing them to load remote resources on the fly or deeply alter rendered content, by doing so the effectiveness of the browser market's most effective ad-blockers is diminished.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Siddiqui \|first=Aamir \|date=17 Nov 2023 \|title=Google's Manifest V3 changes will soon disable uBlock Origin on Chrome \|url=https://www.androidauthority.com/google-chrome-manifest-v3-changes-3386506/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Android Authority}}</ref> Workarounds and updated versions of Manifest V3 have been made but are less effective since, for example, blocked domains cannot be updated as conveniently.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Buria \|first=Taras \|date=3 Aug 2024 \|title=uBlock Origin developer recommends switching to uBlock Lite as Chrome flags the extension \|url=https://www.neowin.net/news/ublock-origin-developer-recommends-switching-to-ublock-lite-as-chrome-flags-the-extension/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Neowin}}</ref> This manifest change is backed by leading Chromium browsers, making it difficult for other browsers to match previous ad-blocking abilities without committing to sustaining Manifest V2 (such as Firefox which also uses chromium-sourced manifests<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Sullivan \|first=Edward \|date=13 Mar 2024 \|title=Manifest V3 & Manifest V2 (March 2024 update) \|url=https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manifest-v2-march-2024-update/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Mozilla]]}}</ref>) or sustaining their own ad-blocking solutions<ref>{{Cite web \|date=27 Jun 2024 \|title=What Manifest V3 means for Brave Shields and the use of extensions in the Brave browser \|url=https://brave.com/blog/brave-shields-manifest-v3/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Brave]]}}</ref> of varied effectiveness.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=17 Jun 2024 \|title=Manifest v3 update: Vivaldi is future-proofed with its built-in functionality \|url=https://vivaldi.com/blog/manifest-v3-update-vivaldi-is-future-proofed-with-its-built-in-functionality/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Vivaldi]]}}</ref><!-- Citations support controversies of Google, Google Chrome, and other third-party companies/products. I suggest this be a part of those articles, and not Chromium. -->
			==Licensing==
			Chromium's code is published under the 3-clause BSD license <ref>{{Cite web \|last=Google \|title=LICENSE \|url=https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/LICENSE \|access-date=2025-08-12}}</ref>

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ClippyIsAnArchUser: 1. Removed the old introduction paragraph due to a misunderstanding. 2. Made the 'Background' the new initiating summary paragraph. 3. Made the paragraph under Controversies more concise.

2025-08-16T20:18:02Z

1. Removed the old introduction paragraph due to a misunderstanding. 2. Made the 'Background' the new initiating summary paragraph. 3. Made the paragraph under Controversies more concise.

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	Google's update to it's browser-extension software - Manifest - was falsely advertised as being more secure, private, and performant while restricting features of privacy and performance focused browser-extensions - driving them more revenue.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Barnett \|first=Daly \|date=2021-12-09 \|title=Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 is Deceitful and Threatening \|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/chrome-users-beware-manifest-v3-deceitful-and-threatening \|website=eff.org}}</ref>		'''Chromium''' is a [[Free and open-source software\|free and open-source]] [[:Category:Web browsers\|web browser]] developed by and primarily maintained by [[Google]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=Google \|date= \|title=Chromium \|url=https://www.chromium.org/Home/ \|access-date=2025-08-12}}</ref> Its code-base serves as the foundation for several major web browsers, including [[Google Chrome]],<ref name=":0" /> [[Microsoft Edge]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2019-05-06 \|title=10 cool things to check out at Microsoft Build 2019 \|url=https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2019/05/06/10-cool-things-to-check-out-at-microsoft-build-2019/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=blogs.microsoft.com}}</ref> [[Opera]]/[[Opera GX]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2013-08-27 \|title=Today, Opera 15 has been updated to Opera 16 \|url=https://blogs.opera.com/news/2013/08/today-opera-15-has-been-updated-to-opera-16/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=blogs.opera.com}}</ref> [[Brave browser\|Brave]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-14 \|title=Brave - Homepage \|url=https://brave.com/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=brave.com}}</ref> and others.

	~~==Background==~~
	'''Chromium''' is a [[Free and open-source software\|free and open-source]] [[:Category:Web browsers\|web browser]] developed by and primarily maintained by [[Google]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=Google \|date= \|title=Chromium \|url=https://www.chromium.org/Home/ \|access-date=2025-08-12}}</ref> Its code-base serves as the foundation for several major web browsers, including [[Google Chrome]],<ref name=":0" /> [[Microsoft Edge]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2019-05-06 \|title=10 cool things to check out at Microsoft Build 2019 \|url=https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2019/05/06/10-cool-things-to-check-out-at-microsoft-build-2019/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=blogs.microsoft.com}}</ref> [[Opera]]/[[Opera GX]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2013-08-27 \|title=Today, Opera 15 has been updated to Opera 16 \|url=https://blogs.opera.com/news/2013/08/today-opera-15-has-been-updated-to-opera-16/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=blogs.opera.com}}</ref> [[Brave browser\|Brave]],<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-14 \|title=Brave - Homepage \|url=https://brave.com/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-08-14 \|website=brave.com}}</ref> and others.

	==Licensing==		==Licensing==
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	===Manifest V3===		===Manifest V3===
	Manifest V3 is an update to the manifest structure used by extensions across ~~most~~ of the browser market, presented as an upgrade to security, privacy and performance.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Li \|first=David \|title=Resuming the transition to Manifest V3 \|url=https://developer.chrome.com/blog/resuming-the-transition-to-mv3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Chrome for developers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=12 Sep 2024 \|title=Overview and timelines for migrating to Manifest V3 \|url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions-chromium/developer-guide/manifest-v3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref> Manifest V3's changes restrict the access extensions can have, presenting a security benefit by not allowing them to load remote resources on the fly or alter rendered content ~~as deeply~~, by doing so the effectiveness of the browser market's most effective ad-blockers is diminished.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Siddiqui \|first=Aamir \|date=17 Nov 2023 \|title=Google's Manifest V3 changes will soon disable uBlock Origin on Chrome \|url=https://www.androidauthority.com/google-chrome-manifest-v3-changes-3386506/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Android Authority}}</ref> Workarounds and updated versions have been made but are less effective since, for example, blocked domains cannot be updated as conveniently.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Buria \|first=Taras \|date=3 Aug 2024 \|title=uBlock Origin developer recommends switching to uBlock Lite as Chrome flags the extension \|url=https://www.neowin.net/news/ublock-origin-developer-recommends-switching-to-ublock-lite-as-chrome-flags-the-extension/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Neowin}}</ref> This manifest change is backed by leading Chromium browsers, making it difficult for other browsers to match previous ad-blocking abilities without committing to sustaining Manifest V2 (such as Firefox which also uses chromium-sourced manifests<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Sullivan \|first=Edward \|date=13 Mar 2024 \|title=Manifest V3 & Manifest V2 (March 2024 update) \|url=https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manifest-v2-march-2024-update/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Mozilla]]}}</ref>) or sustaining their own ad-blocking solutions<ref>{{Cite web \|date=27 Jun 2024 \|title=What Manifest V3 means for Brave Shields and the use of extensions in the Brave browser \|url=https://brave.com/blog/brave-shields-manifest-v3/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Brave]]}}</ref> of varied effectiveness.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=17 Jun 2024 \|title=Manifest v3 update: Vivaldi is future-proofed with its built-in functionality \|url=https://vivaldi.com/blog/manifest-v3-update-vivaldi-is-future-proofed-with-its-built-in-functionality/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Vivaldi]]}}</ref><!-- Citations support controversies of Google, Google Chrome, and other third-party companies/products. I suggest this be a part of those articles, and not Chromium. -->		Manifest V3 is an update to the manifest structure used by browser-extensions across the majority of the browser market; it is presented as an upgrade to security, privacy and performance.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Li \|first=David \|title=Resuming the transition to Manifest V3 \|url=https://developer.chrome.com/blog/resuming-the-transition-to-mv3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Chrome for developers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=12 Sep 2024 \|title=Overview and timelines for migrating to Manifest V3 \|url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions-chromium/developer-guide/manifest-v3 \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref> Manifest V3's changes restrict the access browser-extensions can have, presenting a security benefit by not allowing them to load remote resources on the fly or deeply alter rendered content, by doing so the effectiveness of the browser market's most effective ad-blockers is diminished.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Siddiqui \|first=Aamir \|date=17 Nov 2023 \|title=Google's Manifest V3 changes will soon disable uBlock Origin on Chrome \|url=https://www.androidauthority.com/google-chrome-manifest-v3-changes-3386506/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Android Authority}}</ref> Workarounds and updated versions of Manifest V3 have been made but are less effective since, for example, blocked domains cannot be updated as conveniently.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Buria \|first=Taras \|date=3 Aug 2024 \|title=uBlock Origin developer recommends switching to uBlock Lite as Chrome flags the extension \|url=https://www.neowin.net/news/ublock-origin-developer-recommends-switching-to-ublock-lite-as-chrome-flags-the-extension/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=Neowin}}</ref> This manifest change is backed by leading Chromium browsers, making it difficult for other browsers to match previous ad-blocking abilities without committing to sustaining Manifest V2 (such as Firefox which also uses chromium-sourced manifests<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Sullivan \|first=Edward \|date=13 Mar 2024 \|title=Manifest V3 & Manifest V2 (March 2024 update) \|url=https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manifest-v2-march-2024-update/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Mozilla]]}}</ref>) or sustaining their own ad-blocking solutions<ref>{{Cite web \|date=27 Jun 2024 \|title=What Manifest V3 means for Brave Shields and the use of extensions in the Brave browser \|url=https://brave.com/blog/brave-shields-manifest-v3/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Brave]]}}</ref> of varied effectiveness.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=17 Jun 2024 \|title=Manifest v3 update: Vivaldi is future-proofed with its built-in functionality \|url=https://vivaldi.com/blog/manifest-v3-update-vivaldi-is-future-proofed-with-its-built-in-functionality/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=24 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Vivaldi]]}}</ref><!-- Citations support controversies of Google, Google Chrome, and other third-party companies/products. I suggest this be a part of those articles, and not Chromium. -->

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