TheQuantumPhysicist
It's still a proposal. Nothing concrete yet. But from the looks of it, you can't play such games since it's cryptographically verified.
First they established a new standard for extensions that makes it harder for adblockers to work in chrome, that's manifest v3.
And now they want establish cryptographic verification of the environment so that you can't have a custom environment in your browser, like having adblockers. Similar to how DRM works.
As long as average Joe uses chrome, we're doomed.
Test
It's all about the economics. Is your time more valuable than that wasted by the ads?
If you're watching YouTube 10 minutes a day, then it doesn't make sense for you. Cost/benefit analysis should be done.
The Linux community doesn't understand what "just works" really means.
Whether windows or mac, I plug my machine to the docking station, and it just works.
With Linux, every day a different problem. Out of the blue, screens just stop working. Resolutions change. Every restart different behavior. Zero consistency.
I'm not 17 anymore... I don't have the time to keep tweaking. I need to be productive.
So what do I do? I SSH to a Linux machine whose desktop environment I don't wanna see, and code remotely. Most productive setting.
You asked. Here's the answer.