CHROME (google) is planing to implement DRM (kinda) into their browser - eviltoast

looks like rendering adblockers extensions obsolete with manifest-v3 was not enough so now they try to implement DRM into the browser giving the ability to any website to refuse traffic to you if you don’t run a complaint browser ( cough…firefox )

here is an article in hacker news since i’m sure they can explain this to you better than i.

and also some github docs

  • ProtonBadger@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Well, those of us who care all say that but I for one have to access government and banking websites in several countries, if they implement this I have no choice. This abomination must be prevented in the first place.

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      1 year ago

      You can use Chrome for those websites if they completely break, and Firefox for everything else.

      Banks and government websites don’t tend to have adverts.

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      1 year ago

      Do you require ad blockers with these? This use case sounds like the intention of the feature, not like the perversion we’re headed for now.

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      1 year ago

      We can criticize the EU, but they would not allow or force people to install Chrome in order to access government web sites.