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Google engineers want to introduce DRMs for web pages, making ad-blocking near-impossible in the browser (github.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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And since you won't be able to modify web pages, it will also mean the end of customization, either for looks (ie. DarkReader, Stylus), conveniance (ie. Tampermonkey) or accessibility.

The community feedback is... interesting to say the least.

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[–] 27 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

All they need is a few major sites and tools requiring it to domino everything on the internet. Suddenly it's standard.

Most businesses all use either chrome or Microsoft. And they're both Chromium.

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  • [–] 45 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Literally just applying it to YouTube would send tremors throughout the internet. If YouTube stopped working in Safari or Firefox, anyone using those browsers who don't really care and just liked those browsers for other reasons will give them up and go to a chromium based browser.

    Google is fighting an apathy battle. One they know they can probably win because they own the Internet's favorite content hub

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Ironically I don’t think it would take foot. Many average users I know of use adBlockers - albeit shitty ones - and I don’t think companies would be willing to risk it

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  • [–] [S] 24 points 3 years ago

    I don't know: people I know don't always use ad-blockers and if they do they have no idea that they are less effective on Chrome than on Firefox.

    Also they all have been brainwashed to use Chrome because it was marketed as "faster, better and safer" all those years ago and wouldn't even think of switching browsers (or it would be for another Chromium-based one)

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    People at home aren't what matters. Companies will absolutely use it when it's the next upgrade and deemed secure by whoever it is that keeps telling them to only use chrome and IE/Edge.

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