However, the ad giant insists that its goal with Manifest V3 is not to block ad blockers, but instead the new specification will help developers create better ad blockers.
No surprise then that the subsequent introduction of Manifest V3 with its ad-block breaking functionality led detractors to conclude that the company had ulterior motives behind the update. In an annual report (opens in new tab) filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a couple of years ago, Google clearly mentioned that ad-blocking technology has the potential of adversely affecting the search giant’s revenues. However, Manifest V3 deprecated certain capabilities of the WebRequestAPI (opens in new tab) that ad-blocking extensions like uBlock Origin and Ghostery rely on to function.
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