Andrey Meshkov, co-founder and CTO of AdGuard, in an interview with RBC, refuted rumors that ad blockers would stop working after the removal of the old Manifest V2 extension standard from Chromium. According to him, this is not the "end of the world" for users, but a planned update that the industry was prepared for.
The reason for concern was the removal of outdated code in Chrome version 150, which was responsible for compatibility with old extensions. As a result, a number of third-party Chromium-based browsers that maintained Manifest V2 support may indeed lose this capability. However, ad blockers themselves will continue to work, as they have long since switched to the new standard.
The transition to Manifest V3 began back in 2019 and initially created serious limitations for developers. However, as Meshkov noted, through joint efforts, the new platform was "brought to an acceptable state," and now the differences for the end user are minimal. Thus, Chromium's abandonment of outdated code is a headache for developers of individual browsers, not for users who want to block ads.
