We’ve been anticipating it for years,1 and it’s finally happening. Google is finally killing uBlock Origin – with a note on their web store stating that the …

  • IndiBrony@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    I think you’re being optimistic about the number of people who both use adblockers and who care enough to switch browsers.

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      14 days ago

      Yeah I fear society will get to the point in corporate autocracy, or corporate-feudalism where Google sues uBlock Origin out of existence (for lost revenue).

      …and that’ll be a dark day, and it will be hard not to blame the people who just put up with ads and a loss of privacy. Who can just stomach Surveillance Capitalism’s incredibly flawed and one sided nature.

      Those people are laying bricks for the foundation of a society I don’t agree with, and don’t want to participate in.