Thank you for adding some context to this that seems missing from all discussion I've seen so far.
Extensions have always had a dodgy security model, and given the nearly unprecedented access they have to our data and habits, it's important that this is being improved. Most users aren't going to be able to tell the difference between a good extension and a malicious one, and even developers who would like to think they can probably can't in many cases.
It sounds like security and performance are significantly improved, and these are both things that the tech community are usually big supporters of. But in this case it comes at the cost of some flexibility with ad-blocking, and if there's one thing we love more than security and performance, it's a chance to point the finger at big tech. There's a lot of nuance that has been lost from the ad-blocking discussion.
Extensions have always had a dodgy security model, and given the nearly unprecedented access they have to our data and habits, it's important that this is being improved. Most users aren't going to be able to tell the difference between a good extension and a malicious one, and even developers who would like to think they can probably can't in many cases.
It sounds like security and performance are significantly improved, and these are both things that the tech community are usually big supporters of. But in this case it comes at the cost of some flexibility with ad-blocking, and if there's one thing we love more than security and performance, it's a chance to point the finger at big tech. There's a lot of nuance that has been lost from the ad-blocking discussion.