this post was submitted on 06 Aug 2024
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[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Has it actually been confirmed when it's coming? I feel like this has been threatened for years now.

[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It started in june, for now it's just showing a warning saying that the extension will soon no longer be supported. They'll be disabled gradually until the beginning of 2025.

https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate/mv2-deprecation-timeline

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ah I see. Boiling the frog as it were.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Well, as much as I hate Google I don't think that's the intention of this particular point, rolling out big changes gradually is standard.