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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/france@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 28 points 3 years ago (4 children)

Ironically, these engineers are trying to make life more difficult for the average person. This shouldn't be their job..

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

    Leur boulot, c'est de vendre de la pub à des annonceurs, là-dessus c'est plutôt assez efficace

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

    Yeah, unfortunately.

    I wish there was a better model that people would be willing to embrace.

    It seems that for some services, requiring payment seems obvious, while for others it seems like an insult to ask.

    More companies would be willing to offer a system where you pay to avoid advertisements if personal data wasn’t worth so much.

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

    Engineers’ jobs are to make money for their employers, not to make user’s lives easier

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child)

    All of these Google engineers could work anywhere they want. They chose to work for Google and they choose to continue working on projects that they know actively hurt others. They do share responsibility.

    I'm getting sick of devs acting like ethics doesn't apply to them. The feds need to start heavily regulating tech companies, and they can start by breaking up Google

    Edit: had no idea I was posting on a French community, my bad

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