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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 [M] to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blackeco.com/post/25574

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.

It does seem that using Chrome (or Chrome based browsers) is just going to going to perpetuate this. Firefox has never been more important IMHO.

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[–] 5 points 3 years ago (6 children)

Never had any issues with speed of any browser, so I don't really get that - bloated mostly in the the sense of UI. But it's also been I think some years since I tried, maybe it's time to try it out again.

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

    Bloated is a weird nebulous term. Chrome is bloated because of telemetry. Bloat generally means things in the software that are not needy.

    I think clunky is the term you're looking for. I cannot think of what it has in the UI that isn't needed.

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

    It's a complete subjective feeling, I switched to chrome because it felt lighter and was easier to synch over several devices. Just checked FF out and it looks very different to the last time I saw it, so I will try it.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    If you haven't tried in recent years, I'd suggest doing it again. Just as chrome has significantly increased in size and resource usage from its days of advertising how quick and light it is (it didn't stop advertising those points for no reason), Firefox has improved dramatically. I forget what post I was on but someone said there's always someone who badmouths Firefox simply because they haven't tried it recently. It really is true. Tech evolves so quickly these days, there's no reason to not give it a shot again.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Wans't there a huge speed difference on the Google websites with Firefox at some point? I've always used Firefox and will never go to chrome but damn YouTube/maps/... feel slow on Firefox

    I'm sure it's not intentional /s

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