Comment on Google dropping ublock origin represents a flawless David vs Goliath victory for its developer

southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• octopus_ink@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is clearly about all the youtube advertisement changes lately. I’ve not seen a single one on FF with Ublock, no slowdown, no nothing. He was (as I understand it) making changes as needed to stay ahead of or abreast of them.

  He beat them. They didn’t crush him with their technical prowess and all their genius engineers, they didn’t find a way to legally challenge him (I’m sure they had their lawyers working on it), they didn’t find a way to outmaneuver him, the only thing they could do is ban his extension from being used on their browser. Because they literally could not force their shit down our throats as long as we were using it.

  So I guess, maybe not a beat for beat fit for the parable, but he’s very much the little guy, and they very much are the gigantic IT megacorp, so I think it was a glorious victory.

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  • BearGun@ttrpg.network ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’d call it a pyrrhic victory at best. It’s like if Ukraine got Russia to use their nukes on them and there was no response from the rest of the world. Sure, you got them to use their strongest weapon, but you still got nuked and they’ll continue as usual.

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    • octopus_ink@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I do see your point, but OTOH Chrome ain’t the only browser. Ublock getting kicked off Chrome is just going to be one more factor that will tip some people away from it. I don’t strongly disagree, but I see it as a net positive. Maybe that does undo my shower thought a little, but hey, it was literally a shower thought. 🙂

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      • null@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Chrome ain’t the only browser

        It almost is, though. That’s why it’s important to support FF/Gecko

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  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Fair enough :)

    Thanks for your perspective and time in the response

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    • octopus_ink@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thanks for your perspective and time in the response

      Any time! :)

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