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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 BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] Vexz@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

This makes me so damn angry! This would even make all forks of Firefox unusable.

[–] Nulubez@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

It was called Flash, Shockwave, and silverlight. They all met the same fate

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[–] A10@kerala.party 5 points 1 year ago

STOP INVENTING THINGS .... Saniz Silverstone 22

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