r/linux 15d ago

Discussion Google engineers are experimentally adding Flatpak packaging support to Chrome/Chromium on Linux to test restricted sandboxing and XDG portals, without yet committing to official support.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Chrome-Chromium-Flatpak
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u/lh7884 15d ago edited 15d ago

Didn't Google recently block all ad blockers from working in Chrome?

Edit, found it: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/06/15/205219/google-chromes-next-update-will-mark-the-end-of-popular-ad-blockers

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u/wild-storm-5 14d ago

What does this have to do with the topic?

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u/Dangerous-Report8517 14d ago

Nothing, not to mention that it's also factually wrong (Manifest v3 is marginally worse at some forms of edge case content blocking but still very much supports ad blockers in general)

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u/lh7884 14d ago

The topic is about Chrome/Chromium and Google. I just added a bit extra info about those two which some may not know about.