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.

  • Kir@feddit.it
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    1 year ago

    If you rely on Google donation in order to survive, at the end of the day you are under some sort of control. I’m not saying that Google is running Firefox directly, of course, but if Firefox would grow enough to became a problematic competitor for Chrome, they would definitively have the power to step in. So, how really free can they be?

    • FoxBJK@midwest.social
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      1 year ago

      Mozilla’s definitely aware of this, but since all the competitors’ browsers are free it’s hard to make inroads on other means of profit.