05-30-2019, 11:32 AM
You're preaching to the choir when it comes to disliking Firefox. I still believe they'll maintain the webrequest API for various reasons, but mostly because it's in their own self interest. If they're the only ones who manage to do so, I will likely make the switch.
There will be a void, and somebody will fill it. If the API is easily reenabled, forks like Cent and others will do so. If it is more work, as OP is suggesting, it's not unimaginable that Edge decides this is a good angle to exploit to gain users fast. Unlike Google, their business model isn't quite so centered around online advertising.
Eventually, there will be a Chromium which supports the same API, or some equivalent. I'm still hopeful that if they plan to leave it available for Enterprise, that reenabling it in forks won't be the big ordeal OP seems to think. Maybe the Cent devs will have some better perspective on this, now that it seems to be a certainty.
There will be a void, and somebody will fill it. If the API is easily reenabled, forks like Cent and others will do so. If it is more work, as OP is suggesting, it's not unimaginable that Edge decides this is a good angle to exploit to gain users fast. Unlike Google, their business model isn't quite so centered around online advertising.
Eventually, there will be a Chromium which supports the same API, or some equivalent. I'm still hopeful that if they plan to leave it available for Enterprise, that reenabling it in forks won't be the big ordeal OP seems to think. Maybe the Cent devs will have some better perspective on this, now that it seems to be a certainty.