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Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024 (arstechnica.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024::The "Manifest V3" rollout is back after letting tensions cool for a year.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Their web integrity API they were planning was specifically to prevent that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I had no idea… didn’t that end up being canceled at some point or am I mistaken?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

As it is customary, companies drop bomb shells to gauge their user base reaction. They pull back if the reaction is too strong and slowly reintroduce it piece by piece when the things have cooled down a bit.

The moment they announced their intention to DRM the web meant that they will try to push however they can.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

With something like that, it's usually just rebranded and pushed out after backlash calms down.