looks like rendering adblockers extensions obsolete with manifest-v3 was not enough so now they try to implement DRM into the browser giving the ability to any website to refuse traffic to you if you don’t run a complaint browser ( cough…firefox )

here is an article in hacker news since i’m sure they can explain this to you better than i.

and also some github docs

  • flop_leash_973@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I think the point is if website operators start supporting this you might not have a choice but to use Chrome, if you want to browse any reasonably popular web site.

    • Silverseren@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Then I will stop browsing them? I stopped using Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit quite easily. I can do it with others if they’re going to go down this route.

        • IonAddis@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Internet Explorer tried real hard to do that. Pages were literally built only to run “properly” in IE.

          Curious what round 2 would look like.

          • nintendiator@feddit.clEnglish
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            11 months ago

            In a world that now has stronger cryptography, attestation and surveillance capabilities? I can assure you Round 2 would go vastly different. There would also not be a Round 3.