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@seasonone@opidea.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

Google engineers want to make ad-blocking (near) impossible

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Google engineers want to make ad-blocking (near) impossible

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In recent news, Google has put forth a proposal known as the "Web Environment Integrity Explainer", authored by four of its engineers. On the surface, it
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    Use Firefox.

    Even the Android version lets you install uBlock Origin.

    • @DadHands@lemmy.world
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      Can’t on iOS though 😓

      • Transient Punk
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        That’s Apples fault. They force every mobile browser to be a reskinned version of Safari.

      • @Compactor9679@lemm.ee
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        Why in the fucking world would you use Apple?

        • @DadHands@lemmy.world
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          Bc every other smartwatch is miles behind apple tbh

          • @Compactor9679@lemm.ee
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            Da fuck are you talking about?

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      • phillaholic
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        I don’t see the problem with it. I guess people just don’t like change, but you can customize Firefox’s UI unlike Chromes.

      • Liz
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        Yeah, that’s why I switched to Ecosia, a reskin of chrome that plants trees. Then Google go and does this and now I’m back to Firefox…

      • @bacrack@lemmy.world
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        There’s no perfect browser, there’s no perfect browser dev team. Just lesser of the evils.

      • @thorbot@lemmy.world
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        Updates are inevitable. It’s still better than the alternatives.

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