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looks like rendering adblockers extensions obsolete with manifest-v3 was not enough so now they try to implement DRM into the browser giving the ability to any website to refuse traffic to you if you don't run a complaint browser ( cough...firefox )

here is an article in hacker news since i'm sure they can explain this to you better than i.

and also some github docs

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They can't have a plan for that. They have two options: conform or leave EU.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

lol, just ~~become the government~~ pay the EU.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

EU is widely adopting the policy of fining by a percentage of global revenue which is what hurts even the largest companies, precisely to avoid "just pay the EU".

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

And what glorious percentage is that? 25% 30%? 35% And on what schedule? Weekly? Daily?