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Google engineers want to introduce DRMs for web pages, making ad-blocking near-impossible in the browser (github.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So what it boils down is companies are going to try to cut off their user base if they don't view ads? People will complain they can't view their page and cancel their subscription? Nobody's going to willingly install a browser that won't let you install an adblocker, right?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's not subscription business models that will be affected by this, it's ad-supported ones.

The problem is you're running Chrome now*. Google are in the process of severely restricting the mechanism by which adblockers work in Chrome and its derived browsers - so it's happening now. The only viable alternative left is Firefox, if Google manage to get this proposal past then there's nothing ad-supported stopping sites from forcing you to use Chrome or another browser they know they can serve you ads with. Those types of sites are already comfortable with aggressive anti-adblock tech so no doubt they'll be comfortable with this too.

Switch to Firefox!

* statistically speaking!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

But what about Apple?!?! Can't they strong arm this?