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Google engineers want to introduce DRMs for web pages, making ad-blocking near-impossible in the browser (github.com)

submitted 1 year ago by BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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And since you won't be able to modify web pages, it will also mean the end of customization, either for looks (ie. DarkReader, Stylus), conveniance (ie. Tampermonkey) or accessibility.

The community feedback is... interesting to say the least.

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[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Laws are written by the rich when democracy is dysfunctional.

[–] amju_wolf@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Democracy is an illusion, especially in places like the US. There are so many abstraction layers that even if you "win" you are really poorly represented.

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others."

[–] amju_wolf@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's if you have a democracy that even remotely works. Which in the US does not. Hell, it's fragile even in most EU countries.

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

FPTP is inherently less stable that other voting systems. The more parties involved having to compromise, the more stable. Two parties ends up with red vs blue. Literally. And it's terrible.

I think we in the UK will escape it before the US.