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[โ€“] [B] 22 points 3 years ago (1 child)

he's referring to the fact that almost all browsers use chrome's rendering engine and google is abusing its position of leadership by making unnecessary api changes that make adblocking extensions all but impossible to implement.

if you want to still be able to block ads on the web in the years to come, switch to a non-chrome web browser to limit google's power and ability to abuse its position.

i think as of now, they have delayed the sabotage, but it's coming.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/12/chrome-delays-plan-to-limit-ad-blockers-new-timeline-coming-in-march/

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    what are some non-google based browsers?

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  • [โ€“] 11 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Firefox is basically the only non-WebKit/Blink browser out there.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Is WebKit bad? Gnome uses it for their browser

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 3 years ago

    WebKit is not inherently bad. The thing that makes it not great in my opinion actually has nothing to do with the tech in this instance, but instead has to do with monopolistic practices from both Apple (who directly uses and develops WebKit) and Google (who forked WebKit into Blink).

    Using Gecko browsers (Firefox and co.) en masse tells website operators that they should develop for that other option and officially support it.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Depending on the operating system this could be Safari on OSX, Firefox, Brave on basically anything, Opera, if it still exists, Konqueror on Linux (fun fact: I think most current browser engines spawned from that), or lynx if you're hardcore

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Isn't it an independent fork?

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