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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* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blackeco.com/post/25574

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.

It does seem that using Chrome (or Chrome based browsers) is just going to going to perpetuate this. Firefox has never been more important IMHO.

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Dang, I liked chrome - ff felt bloated and I could never get into safari. Anything else I could try?

[–] Cabrio 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Firefox is faster than Chrome as of the latest builds.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Never had any issues with speed of any browser, so I don't really get that - bloated mostly in the the sense of UI. But it's also been I think some years since I tried, maybe it's time to try it out again.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bloated is a weird nebulous term. Chrome is bloated because of telemetry. Bloat generally means things in the software that are not needy.

I think clunky is the term you're looking for. I cannot think of what it has in the UI that isn't needed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's a complete subjective feeling, I switched to chrome because it felt lighter and was easier to synch over several devices. Just checked FF out and it looks very different to the last time I saw it, so I will try it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Good luck. Credit to you for trying again :). There is FF sync where you can sync between devices easier also.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Wans't there a huge speed difference on the Google websites with Firefox at some point? I've always used Firefox and will never go to chrome but damn YouTube/maps/... feel slow on Firefox

I'm sure it's not intentional /s

[–] ohlaph 2 points 1 year ago

I felt the same way a while back but the updated version is worth trying.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

On synthetic tests on Windows 10/11, sure, but on real world usage it's quite clear the Firefox is on the slow end of the stick, on Windows, Mac, Linux and specially Android

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

I felt similarly until I reinstalled Firefox a few months back because of this. It's actually gotten a lot better imo. I won't be going back to Chrome in any case.