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We've come a long way baby (i.imgur.com)

submitted 7 months ago by mac@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[-] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 50 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Combine this with Chrome enforcing manifest v3 starting at June 2024, YouTube ads will be virtually unblockable on Chrome, even with an ads blocking extension installed because Google will be controlling the ad blocking mechanism used by the ad blocker. They can arbitrarily reduce the max number of the blocking rulesets, how often the extension can update the rulesets, or even elect to skip running any rulesets that target YouTube or Google domains.

[-] words_number@programming.dev 25 points 7 months ago

Yes, I can't wait! Firefox usage will skyrocket :D

[-] lseif@sopuli.xyz 15 points 7 months ago

i hope so, but sadly many users are just stubborn and lazy.

[-] Copatus@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

That's sort of better for the people who migrate then, no?

If the average user just decides to deal with ads that means it won't be worth the effort to go after the minority of people who will be AdBlocking

[-] technom@programming.dev 5 points 7 months ago

They could instead severely cripple or outright block Firefox users. Since we are the minority, it won't affect them. They will just blame it on Firefox and wash their hands off.