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Google to weaken ad blockers on Chrome in a push for security
(cybernews.com)
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this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2023
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There's literally a work around for Google making YouTube videos ~~pose~~ pause for 5 seconds before playing on Firefox due to adblocker use. It's to use the adblocker to trick Google into thinking Firefox is chrome.
They are also working on ways to let websites cryptographically authenticate a browser. So if they wanted to badly enough, that workaround wouldn’t work.
I don't necessarily agree. I see what you're saying but they've been losing this pretty much at every turn.
They haven’t really tried because of anti trust. They need buy in from other major players and then they will be successful.