▲ 232 ▼ Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024 (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by DolphinMath@slrpnk.net to c/technology@beehaw.org 81 comments fedilink hide all child comments The "Manifest V3" rollout is back after letting tensions cool for a year.
[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Firefox is my daily, but the fact I have to fire up a chromium browser to use web serial or midi is an endless annoyance. Mozilla won’t add that functionality as they see it as a security risk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jtk@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago ? I'm quite positive I've used MIDI in Firefox on hooktheory. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Scrath@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Honestly, in my opinion it kind of is (though I'm not an expert on it). Except for convenience I don't think a browser should be allowed to access my USB devices. Though I would welcome it if it was enabled with the same kind of request that pops up when a browser wants to access the microphone or camera. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago* That is, quite literally, how it works in Chromium. Mozilla still sees it as a security risk, even with user permissions. Honestly, having to boot Chromium is a bigger security risk. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jtk@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago ? I'm quite positive I've used MIDI in Firefox on hooktheory. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Scrath@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Honestly, in my opinion it kind of is (though I'm not an expert on it). Except for convenience I don't think a browser should be allowed to access my USB devices. Though I would welcome it if it was enabled with the same kind of request that pops up when a browser wants to access the microphone or camera. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago* That is, quite literally, how it works in Chromium. Mozilla still sees it as a security risk, even with user permissions. Honestly, having to boot Chromium is a bigger security risk. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago* That is, quite literally, how it works in Chromium. Mozilla still sees it as a security risk, even with user permissions. Honestly, having to boot Chromium is a bigger security risk. permalink fedilink source parent