Just for clarity, they already switched protocols (Manifest v3), they just have continued to support the old format (v2) that allows unlock origin to work. They are discontinuing support for v2 next year.
Comment on YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users
FaceDeer@kbin.social 7 months agoGiven that Google's been talking about switching Chrome to a new plugin format that would limit the ability of adblockers to function on Chrome, and given that Google owns Youtube and profits from the ads Youtube displays...
Nope, I'm not connecting the dots. Not sure why Google would be wanting people switch from Firefox to Chrome at this time.
ButtDrugs@lemm.ee 7 months ago
flappy@lemm.ee 7 months ago
What really pisses me off is that mv3 is becoming a standard that Vivaldi, Firefox, Opera, Edge, etc. will use.
Matth78@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Mind you that Firefox will adjust it to be able to fully support ad blocker.
Frog-Brawler@kbin.social 7 months ago
You’re not sure why Google would want people switching to the browser that it maintains?
Voyajer@lemmy.world 7 months ago
C’mon man not everything needs a /S
Evkob@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
(They’re being sarcastic)
ElleChaise@kbin.social 7 months ago
It's more obvious than that even; their SEC paperwork states that adblockers are a risk to their profits. That's more than enough info to assume they're going to go to war in the near future (now) with them.
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
They’ve always been at war with ad blockers. It’s just most major multinationals have matured or diversified to a point where they are functional monopolies, and no longer gain any value in competition or service improvement.
At this stage of the merger and consolidation phase of global capitalism, with captured governments that won’t dare break them up or fine them more than a meek virtue signal, the most cost effective way to satiate the infinite growth of capitalism is to increase the exploitation and value extraction of their existing user base as much as possible (aka enshittification).
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Concluding implicitly: “… and therefore a threat to all your computers’ security” :-)
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Sounds like the single best reason to use one.
dalekcaan@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Dear God, won’t anyone think of the shareholders?