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

cross-posted from: 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.

It does seem that using Chrome (or Chrome based browsers) is just going to going to perpetuate this. Firefox has never been more important IMHO.

  • artaxthehappyhorse@lemmy.ml
    5·
    1 year ago

    Use DRM to encrypt site content. Use DMCA anti circumvention clauses to make ad blocking effectively illegal. Turn everyone into your little b-tch sheep and expose them to unskippable totally irrelevant ads over and over. Execs and shareholders profit.