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

  • buckykatEnglish
    27·
    2 年前

    Users like visiting websites that are expensive to create and maintain

    Do they actually, or is that just all they have to visit anymore? Would users not be happier visiting a bunch of cheap geocities pages with blink tags instead of tracking cookies?

    • CannaVet@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 年前

      Unfortunately all the masses want is maximum ease of use, full stop. Just look at the Reddit exiles -

      “Welcome to Lemmy, pick a server any server be a winner”

      “WTF IS THIS NERD SHIT SIGNUP TOOK MORE THAN ONE ACTION ON MY PART RIP LEMMY LONG LIVE REDDIT IS LEMME JUST REDDIT YET NO FUUUUUUUUU”

      • glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        1·
        2 年前

        Sadly you’re right. Every migration from phpBB to Digg to Reddit filtered the people who made a minimum effort to understand the platforms, and now we have this.

        And I remember all the people who were not programmers, and could still setup and administrate their own phpBB…