looks like rendering adblockers extensions obsolete with manifest-v3 was not enough so now they try to implement DRM into the browser giving the ability to any website to refuse traffic to you if you don't run a complaint browser ( cough...firefox )
here is an article in hacker news since i'm sure they can explain this to you better than i.
and also some github docs
Ad Blocking is cyber security
Every once in a while I help a family member or friend out with their machine and am stunned when I see the web without an adblocker. It honestly reminds me of the malicious early 2000s porn and “free downloads” sites… but it’s everywhere now, like cnn and eBay and shit. First thing I do is install Firefox and ublock origin, and mostly for their security.
Youtube has also been running basically porn ads on “for kids” youtube channels as well and my kindergarten aged niece and nephew have been exposed to that shit. Adblock is 100% cyber security AND for kids safety.
100% agree. The few times I have to turn off uBlock because it is breaking some obscure website it is always an awful experience. Auto-playing videos, ads taking up half the screen, and those annoying as fuck cookie banners. I can't imagine using the internet without an ad/cookie blocker. I accidentally turned it off on Lemmy for a while and it was the only site that I didn't immediately notice.
It's always nice when you look at uBlock Origin and it says
connected: 1 out of 119/19 right here on lemmy.ca
Huh? When I visit lemmy.ca, it also shows me 1/1
Opening the debug console shows that it connects to other lemmies, like the originating one here, lemmy.dbzer0.com.
Yeah okay, that makes sense. Federated network with dozens of different servers and all that
You remember browser toolbars? People would have 3 of them at once, having no clue where they got it from nor how to remove it.
Good times.
I said this in another thread, but a lot of the internet is unusable without uBlock Origin IMO.
It's the shadowy lands run by bots that only unsuspecting bots go to.
True, True, it's damn near unusable. You take it for granted what a job your blocker is doing for you.
I installed uBlock Origin on clients computers when I worked at Geek Squad, even.
What company was running those ads on "kids" channels?
It kinda makes sense. All the people who know better already use an ad blocker so they don't know what it's really like and all the people who don't know to use an ad blocker don't know any better and that's just what the internet looks like.
The FBI recommends using an ad blocker: https://www.ic3.gov/Media/Y2022/PSA221221
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvertising?wprov=sfla1
Just as noscript and pop-up/new tab blockers are.
That's the point ofc.
Quiet parts out loud.
A better quote