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.

  • Riskable@programming.devEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Mozilla Foundation is kept alive with Google money, for the express purpose of being able to show there’s an alternative and that Chrome is not technically a monopoly.

    Circa 1997: Apple, Inc is kept alive with Microsoft money ($150 million), for the express purpose of being able to show there’s an alternative and that Windows is not technically a monopoly.