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> Users impacted by the rollout will see Manifest V2 extensions automatically disabled in their browser and will no longer be able to install Manifest V2 extensions from the Chrome Web Store.

Does this mean there are no plans to remove the ability to sideload V2 extensions?

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Maybe not yet? Google already made having non-store extensions as annoying as possible (e.g. a nag every time you open Chrome that tells you to disable them) and maybe they think that's working well enough to dissuade people.

They nag every time you open Chrome? Terrible. I guess that's why I use Brave, which sideloads with no problem. Hopefully V2 will continue to be sideload-able there indefinitely.

the lengths google fans will go to not use a proper browser...

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