looks like rendering adblockers extensions obsolete with manifest-v3 was not enough so now they try to implement DRM into the browser giving the ability to any website to refuse traffic to you if you don’t run a complaint browser ( cough…firefox )

here is an article in hacker news since i’m sure they can explain this to you better than i.

and also some github docs

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    Hate to tell you this here but Opera is also chrome based…

    To be helpful here is a list of all the browsers (according to Wikipedia anyway) that are actually just three chromes in a trench coat.

    Arc
    Amazon Silk
    Avast Secure Browser developed by Avast
    Blisk 
    Brave 
    Carbonyl
    CodeWeavers 
    Comodo Dragon 
    Cốc Cốc 
    Epic Browser
    Falkon
    Microsoft Edge 
    Naver Whale
    Opera 
    Qihoo 360 Secure Browser
    qutebrowser 
    Samsung Internet
    Sleipnir 
    Slimjet:
    SRWare Iron
    ungoogled-chromium 
    Vivaldi
    Yandex Browser 
    
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        Arc browser

        What’s so cool about it? Not being a smartass I’m genuinely interested. Their website is cagey and their youtube is talking heads and fluff.

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          Yeah, their marketing and outward appearance is a little strange. I think it’s something they need to work on.

          It just has a lot of productivity features, like having a fleshed-out vertical tab system, built-in split screening for tabs and being able to separate all my stuff into separate “spaces” that I can assign to different profiles and switch between with a swipe.

          Everything in the browser can be accessed from a “command bar” (similar to Spotlight) meaning I can navigate the UI a lot faster. Every keybind (as far as I know) can be changed to whatever you want.

          The boosts are pretty cool too. Basically lets you quickly change the colours, fonts, etc as well as “zap” elements (similar to uBlock Origin) and inject css and js. The changes persist and are toggleable through the UI.

          Also, I just really like how it looks. It fits really well with the aesthetic of my Mac setup.

          It’s got its downsides; being based on Chromium makes it less battery efficient than Orion, which is based on WebKit. Plus it isn’t open source, and vertical tabs aren’t for everyone, but it works great for me (until Google kills Manifest V2…)