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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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[–] 8 points 3 years ago (2 children)

i'm not really a tech-savvy guy here, so can someone explain if having DRMs like this would make ad-blocking near impossible for other chromium-based browsers too?

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago

    As I understand, if implemented, websites would basically be able to force you to see the page however it wants.

    So if you view the page in Chrome, it might force you to not have any adblock.

    If you view it in another chromium browser, like Arc, it could just force you to view it in Chrome.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    It would also mean that you can’t use extension that modify the page, not only affects ad blocks but things like blocking Facebook “like” buttons or Google trackers. Right now we need more people to use non-chromium browsers, like Firefox, so hopefully Chrome looses market share and with it Google starts loosing control over the internet.

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