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schizoidman @lemm.ee

12mo ago

Chrome’s Manifest V3, and its changes for ad blocking, are coming real soon

arstechnica.com

Chrome’s Manifest V3, and its changes for ad blocking, are coming real soon

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/38878121

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schizoidman @lemm.ee

12mo ago

Chrome’s Manifest V3, and its changes for ad blocking, are coming real soon

arstechnica.com

11 comments

Hey Chrome, you remember when Internet Explorer had a lock on the installed user base? Do you remember when they shit all over their users to the point they were screaming for anything to replace it?
Pepperidge Farms remembers.
Google: "We mean it this time, guys."
~~2035~~ 2028: Browser content is piped to a local AI that filters junk and noise then feeds the result back into the browser for screen display
- ~~2028~~ 2023: Browser content is piped to an AI that filters junk and noise then feeds the result back into the browser for screen display
  GPT-AdBlocker for Chrome promises to block all ads, including ads in videos - gHacks Tech News - https://www.ghacks.net/2023/07/19/gpt-adblocker-for-chrome-promises-to-block-all-ads-including-ads-in-videos/
They can shovel it. It's no longer on my computer.
They’ve retreated from their privacy sandbox ad proposal, but V3 is staying…
Hm…
I hope this convinces project managers and OEMs to stop using embedded chrome too. Would kill google's market share quicker and keep HTTP a cleaner standard instead of a walled of garden of google tech.
K
uninstalla Chrome and continues to avoid malware infested ads with Firefox
How many times can they cry wolf?
The chrome simps got their excuses on deck for continuing to use that bullshit
Fun story, I tried Vivaldi a few weeks ago. It's based on chrome. And it got really sluggish and I didn't understand what was going on. It was so much slower than Firefox at rendering pages too!
Went back to Firefox with a new appriciation for how good it is.
They have nothing like container tabs either and you are supposed to use entire browser profiles to isolate cookies. It's just ridiculous.

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