Google has said that it will revise the proposed changes to Chrome’s extension API that would have broken or reduced the functionality of a wide range of ad-blocking extensions, to ensure that the current variety of content-blocking extensions is preserved. The initial plans generated a wide backlash from both the developers and users of those extensions, but Google maintains that “It is not, nor has it ever been, our goal to prevent or break content blocking” [emphasis Google’s] and says that it will work to update its proposal to address the capability gaps and pain points.
