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

publication croisée depuis : https://lemmy.blackeco.com/post/25574

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.

  • ArgentRaven@lemmy.world
    5·
    1 year ago

    And even worse, insecure. Google Adsense used to allow ads from unvetted advertisers, who someone allowed malicious scripts to run. That’s when I got much more stern with blockers.

    I don’t know if they still do it, but I’m not going to expose myself to find out. And it could happen again in the future, even if they did fix it for now.