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.

  • nintendiator@feddit.cl
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    1 year ago

    It’s less a “what’s happening” but more a “what’s always has been”. Mozilla gets recurrent payments from Google, I presume as a way to keep them just afloat enough to avoid antitrust law. Also, the Mozilla CEO gets a persistent raise in wages while Firefox sinks. Occam’s Razor says golden parachute.