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Google engineers want to introduce DRMs for web pages, making ad-blocking near-impossible in the browser (github.com)

submitted 2 years ago by BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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And since you won't be able to modify web pages, it will also mean the end of customization, either for looks (ie. DarkReader, Stylus), conveniance (ie. Tampermonkey) or accessibility.

The community feedback is... interesting to say the least.

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[–] jflorez@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This is the result of the world blindly using Chrome and other Chromium based browsers. Now with effectively full control over the browser that more than 90% of the world uses Google can force its will on the internet

[–] whereisk@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Given that Firefox is now faster than Chrome I see no reason to remain.

[–] ExFed@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Momentum. And it's likely most people won't be about to tell, or regularly run comparisons to find out for themselves. Theres enough value added to Chrome that people kind of assume it's "the best" ... It took me years to convince my boss to switch, but the one thing that did it for him was just that the PDF viewer is better in Firefox.

People have weird preferences that don't always line up with what software developers expect.

[–] Sharkwellington@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wait, is Google in the process of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish on the free internet?

[–] archchan@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Always have been, and they're in it for the long game. They've already acquired a stupid amount of control on the web and web standards with everything from Chromium to Youtube, not to mention it doesn't help that they basically control the world's most popular mobile OS. Google wants it all if we let them.

[–] mrmanager@lemmy.today 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

And we saw this was going to happen at least 5 years ago. But since the majority don't care, we get what we deserve I guess.

Let's just hope this doesn't go through.