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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2023 05:41:01 JST Ars Technica

   Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024

   The "Manifest V3" rollout is back after letting tensions cool for a year.

   https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/11/google-chrome-will-limit-ad-blockers-starting-june-2024/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Jeremiah (snoopfrog@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2023 05:44:56 JST Jeremiah

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     @arstechnica The best time to switch to Firefox was the first time you considered it. The second best time is now. Firefox for Android also lets you install extensions, such as uBlock.

   • Chris Ferguson (chrisferguson@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2023 05:46:31 JST Chris Ferguson

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     @arstechnica Good time to switch to #Firefox.

     We need more code diversity in browsers, and other Chromium browsers are all based on the same code. Help keep browser diversity and competition healthy and switch to Firefox today.

     Say goodbye to Chrome and Google's oppression.

     #Chrome #Adblocker #Firefox #Mozilla #Google #News

   • Tom Hannen (tomhannen@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2023 05:53:50 JST Tom Hannen

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     @arstechnica wonder how will this affect Brave Browser?

   • Michael Darweesh ☑️ (mdarweesh@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2023 06:31:16 JST Michael Darweesh ☑️

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     @arstechnica "The Electronic Frontier Foundation called Google's description of Manifest V3 "Deceitful and Threatening""

   • Monsieur Valentine 🇺🇦 (valeg@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2023 06:39:52 JST Monsieur Valentine 🇺🇦

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     @arstechnica it's inevitable, adblocker affects their bottom line.

   • chuy (jesuscova@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2023 09:00:51 JST chuy

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     @arstechnica so they are hurting themselves, if you can install an adblocker you can install Firefox

   • Stefen Hudson (stefenhudson@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2023 09:29:24 JST Stefen Hudson

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     @arstechnica At this point, I seriously wonder what it would take to make Google reverse course on all this anti-ad blocker nonsense. Clearly not enough people care to make any difference, mostly because the majority of people are ignorant and will just accept whatever Google does or pay to make ads go away. Sure a lot of us will stop using Chrome, but it probably won't be enough to matter. It seems like the only action that would get their attention would be legal action, which is just sad.

   • blauwbaard (blauwbaard@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2023 11:36:57 JST blauwbaard

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     @arstechnica People should never have moved away from Firefox. I sure haven't!
     It's a dream on Android as well.

   • 🇺🇦 haxadecimal (brouhaha@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2023 16:03:45 JST 🇺🇦 haxadecimal

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     @arstechnica What did people think would happen when they switched to a web browser developed by an advertising company?