Chrome's Manifest V3 transition is here. First up are warnings for any V2 extensions.

Reminder to switch browsers if you haven’t already!

  • Google Chrome is starting to phase out older, more capable ad blocking extensions in favor of the more limited Manifest V3 system.
  • The Manifest V3 system has been criticized by groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation for restricting the capabilities of web extensions.
  • Google has made concessions to Manifest V3, but limitations on content filtering remain a source of skepticism and concern.
  • TipRing@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    7 months ago

    Gmail is probably the hardest one to kick. I’m fine with paying for an email service if it’s functional and doesn’t siphon my personal data, but finding a quality trustworthy provider and then migrating 20 years of data to it seems so overwhelming.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      7 months ago

      Why do you need to migrate 20 years of data? Do you actually look at anything more than a month or two old?

      That said, Protonmail has “Easy Switch” to copy emails and whatnot.

      The harder part for me is Drive, since there just isn’t a competitor that’s anywhere near as good in terms of overall experience. I’m going to try out OnlyOffice, but I know there are a few features I just won’t have anymore.

      • TipRing@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        7 months ago

        I do occasionally need something from 10 or even 15 years ago, needing the exact date I sold a property or started a new project or even just jogging my memory of an old contact I am reaching again. While none of this is strictly necessary, I could make do without it if I had to, it does create inertia.

        I really need to check out Proton, Google is just getting worse and worse and the sooner I can get away from their ecosystem the better.

      • ghost_towels@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        7 months ago

        Oh my gosh thank you!! I need this exact thing but hadn’t gotten around to figuring out a solution. Much appreciated!!

    • AnActOfCreationOPEnglish
      3·
      7 months ago

      I think migrating is the hardest part. My email history has a lot of important records and notes that I don’t want to lose.

      By the way, I recommend checking out this video, which makes a great point that email is inherently insecure, regardless of the provider you choose.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH626CXyNtE

    • ruse8145@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      1·
      7 months ago

      Several practical solutions here but the simplest is probably to start with thunderbird on your home computer. That way storage limit shouldn’t be a worry and you can see if you find it searchable/usable enough. If so, you can do a Google takeout as a long term canonical archive, do a thunderbird backup to easily switch computers when the time comes, and then sign up for a privacy friendly service.

      I bought into proton for a bit but am very very against how they bundled their services and switched my mail to posteo, which i have had no issues with in the last 1.5 years or so. Tutanota was fine but firmly a third place opt for me. I also prefer posteo because I’m anti-magic: posteo has tons of options which can get you to same or better security than proton, but it doesn’t “just work” like protons security does. Both are great.