Google is weakening ad blockers as part of their MV3 extension standard and this will trickle down into all Chromium browsers. Built in ad blockers lack features compared to uBlock Origin as well.

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[–] 1 point 2 years ago* (13 children)

Mozilla is now focusing on the advertising business.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    To reduce reliance on Google... With the goal to change how advertising works, less annoying, less asshole ads would benefit everyone.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (11 children)

    It's not my browser's job to report to advertisers, period.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    Its not doing that, you can use a fork if you want, or, and that would be the important part, put a condom over your internet cable before it enters the router, safety first.

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    The data doesn't go to the advertiser - it's anonymized, encrypted, and sent to an aggregation service. The data isn't about you personally.

    This is a much better solution than what's used for advertising today.

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    The advertiser doesn't get your data directly. The data is aggregated using differential privacy so it's impossible for them to see any individual's data.

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    Would you rather pay for every site you use? Not every site can afford to have someone else cover the cost for you (which is how Lemmy servers are ran for example), and the only other business models that have worked online are either running ads, or getting users to pay for access.

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