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Google engineers want to introduce DRMs for web pages, making ad-blocking near-impossible in the browser (github.com)
submitted 3 years ago by 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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[–] 2 points 3 years ago

It can be a combo of several objectives:

  • make a shitload of money
  • stop people from realising we're making a shitload of money off of their backs
  • keep people poor so that even if they do realise there's nothing they can do about it
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