• Kushan@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I’m confused, if ublock origin and sponsor block and all those are bypassing this, then who is it actually targeting?

    • kopper [they/them]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 years ago

      have you ever searched “ad blocker” on your browser of choice’s extension store and scrolled down? or had a cheap/free VPN that advertised ad blocking functionality?

      those. for some reason people install those. and they never get updates.

      (some of them are actual malware too)

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        2 years ago

        Not sure what you’re on about, Google is absolutely capable of detecting if you’re using Ublock Origin, Piped, ReVanced, whatever. The question isn’t if they CAN break those things, it’s just if they WILL.

        And if they’re beta testing this system right now, I’d say it’s just a matter of time.

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          2 years ago

          Watching all this from the sidelines, I’m very pleased that I took the time to de-Google my critical daily services, already.

      • CumBroth@discuss.tchncs.de
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        2 years ago

        It drives me mad when I use PCs of friends and relatives and I see AdBlock Plus installed, but they still get ads and they never seem to stop and wonder why this “ad blocker” is not working! I do however enjoy their facial expressions when I install uBlock Origin for them and start refreshing pages.

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      2 years ago

      The reason people are talking about this new change is that it will bypass the extensions.

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      2 years ago

      They want to frame it so that internet ID is the solution. That way you as a person can be banned, not just the account or ip. Good luck buying and selling when everything becomes digital and you get banned.