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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 92963" data-source="post: 959068">The big problem for adblocking extensions is that the Static filters can only be updated when the extension is updated. Edge uses the Disconnect data base (with less than 5000 rules) it has no problem updating the filters, since these filters focus on (third-party) ad and tracking networks (like my own list). This approach requires very little rule maintenance. In the worst case scenario Microsoft could always push a browser update.Dynamic filters can be updated and used over sessions, but the problem is that they are limited in numbers (less than 5000 when I recall correctly) Microsoft already has a local version of rules like websites with excessive advertising list (Edge/User Data/Ad blocking) and the old place where the disconnect lists were stored (Edge/User Data/Trust Protection Lists). It can use these sets for ad hoc corrections and overrules to correct any website breakage.So Microsoft has no problem with manifest V3, same applies for the build-in anti-tracking feature of Firefox.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 92963, post: 959068"] [B]The big problem for adblocking extensions is that the Static filters can only be updated when the extension is updated. [/B] Edge uses the Disconnect data base (with less than 5000 rules) it has no problem updating the filters, since these filters focus on (third-party) ad and tracking networks (like my own list). This approach requires very little rule maintenance. In the worst case scenario Microsoft could always push a browser update. [B]Dynamic filters can be updated and used over sessions, but the problem is that they are limited in numbers (less than 5000 when I recall correctly) [/B] Microsoft already has a local version of rules like websites with excessive advertising list (Edge/User Data/Ad blocking) and the old place where the disconnect lists were stored (Edge/User Data/Trust Protection Lists). It can use these sets for ad hoc corrections and overrules to correct any website breakage. So Microsoft has no problem with manifest V3, same applies for the build-in anti-tracking feature of Firefox. [/QUOTE]

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