Edge is dropping older extensions(Manifest V2), affecting popular privacy tools
BearBest
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August 13, 2026
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hulitu
> affecting popular privacy tools If one expects "privacy" from Edge (Microsoft), one shall read, carefully, the TOS, which Edge happilly displays at it first start or after updates.