As you alluded to, many Chromium forks (notable exception is Ungoogled) are backed by tech companies. There's already plenty of intentional changes they maintain in their forks, like Privacy Sandbox,[0] so I don't think preserving support for v2 is a large hurdle for them.

[0]: https://support.brave.app/hc/en-us/articles/10742158329613-W...

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jrm4 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

"Backed by tech companies"

Yup, huge red flag. Non-profit is the long-term way to go.

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markstos 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Google described Manifest V2 as significant tech debt with new bugs still found there. Either they are lying or it's a non-trivial feature set to continue to support.

So will be interesting to see how many other browsers actually do keep this support alive.

	▲	OkayPhysicist 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		A trillion dollar company? Lying? That's beyond the pale. Google has never done anything against my interests. They're always sooooooo honest in their communications.
	▲	garlicderek 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		oh, you sweet summer child