▲ 230 ▼ Google is Killing uBlock Origin. No Chromium Browser is Safe. (www.quippd.com) submitted 2 years ago by yoasif@fedia.io to c/privacy@lemmy.ml 75 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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 ...
[+] umbrella@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] umbrella@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Blemgo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] umbrella@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
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[–] Blemgo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent