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by capableweb 1859 days ago
Hm, not really, they have different use cases, and Containers was never meant to 100% replace Profiles.

Containers are for being able to keep separate identities in the same browser window, but on a per-tab basis.

Profiles are for being able to separate different browser instances, with all their settings, extensions and so on.

While Profiles was used before to do the same thing that Containers now allow you to do, there are things you cannot do with Containers that you'll need to use Profiles for. Having separate extensions for different sessions is one of those things.