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by symlinkk 260 days ago
Adblockers are a safety risk of their own - you’re giving @gorhill admin-level access to your browser.
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This is the entire argument for manifest V3. So, if we believe this argument, then modern chromium derivatives should be safe with the ad blockers that run on them.
V3 still allows for extensions that have full access to the content of your websites, and obviously adblockers need to be in this category to function at all.
You can check the source code.