Chrome extension "no longer supported"

[nullromo]

Chrome recently changed their security guidelines or something and we got this:

The extension still works (I used it to create this issue), but maybe there's something that should change in order to keep up to date securitywise. I think it has to do with this.

[glacambre]

Hi, thanks for the report. This is indeed caused by the need to migrate to Manifest V3 ( #1193 ). Unfortunately I have very little time to work on Firenvim these days, so I doubt I'll manage to do it anytime soon :(.

[jonathanmorris180]

Looks like it was automatically removed from my Chrome and I can't add it back: 😢

[Crackerfracks]

This deals a legitimate and significant blow to my motivation to continue learning to code, as I used it to replace the crappy "vim" mode in web editors on sites teaching coding. I hope this magical extension is revived soon. Thank you for everything @glacambre.

[alerque]

@Crackerfracks Consider using a different web browser. It isn't just Firenvim affected, other good extensions are affected too and the reason is Google is removing APIs that don't fit their agenda. A case study is ublock-origin. Sure there are other ad blockers that work with manifest v3, but while they may block some adds they don't block Google's ability to track users and correlate traffic to users across sites and devices to nearly the same degree. At some point you have to ask yourself if your interests as an end user are in line with the way you are the product. I suggest using a browser where you still have some agency as a user and the motivating factor for the developers has more in common with your own for using it.

[nullromo]

@alerque It's kind of a hard sell when 60%+ of the world uses Google Chrome and only 6-7% Firefox and Edge combined. Shame about the policy change though. And I fear that if glacambre doesn't have the time to make the required updates, then nobody else will have the motivation either.

[nullromo]

The extension still works

Not anymore after today's update :(

[mayushii21]

very sad news :(