Google engineers want to introduce DRMs for web pages, making ad-blocking near-impossible in the browser - eviltoast

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.

  • ramble81@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Easy to confuse stupidity with malice. They’re chasing one thing and one thing only: the almighty dollar. Look at it through that lens and their actions make sense. For the rest of us though, that’s just stupid.

    • Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Not just the almighty dollar.

      Some people just pursue a perceived challenge with zero care for the terrible consequences of it.

      either way, they need to be stopped

    • eskimofry@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      if they were chasing the dollar, they would be clever about it. This just looks like they are penny wise and pound foolish.