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Google is Killing uBlock Origin. No Chromium Browser is Safe. (www.quippd.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We’ve been anticipating it for years,1 and it’s finally happening. Google is finally killing uBlock Origin – with a note on their web store stating that the ...

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

you guys notice this strategy lately of announcing something bad, and dragging it on to soften the outrage?

tech companies seem to be doing it a lot. microsoft with windows recall too.

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

This has been done for decades. It is PR 101, and it is done to indoctrinate and subsequently normalize XYZ onto the average consumer/citizen.

In Marketing, you get taught that the average person has a memory of 3 to 6 months for issues like this, at the most. So, if you can afford to stretch something for longer, than acceptance on average, will always go up. Attention span are short. In other cases, it alleviates any cases of legal liability. Since no one can say they were not warned.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

thanks for the answer. it really helps to understand whats happening when I notice this stuff. id like to be better at it, where can i start in an approachable way?

also how do we even defend from it?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

It has always been a common strategy. Aim for the extremes, and then move to your actual goal to seem reasonable and make the opposition think they won.