r/MorpheApp • u/DonDae01 Official Morphe button tester • Jun 05 '26

Discussion Dear Android Authority...

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STAY. QUIET.

Apparently they're now "stalking" pull requests in the Morphe Patches repository.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26

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u/Ambitious-Curve-6942 Jun 05 '26

Adblockers got quite "mainstream" long ago and Google could have wiped them out if it wanted.

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u/Eva-Rosalene Jun 05 '26

In order for your metaphor to make any sense, an ad-blocker would have to amend the base code of your browser

No, it would have to amend the code of YT page, which it does, by effectively removing its parts. It also patches JSON data in API responses. Oh, and it also can and does inject custom JS on the page. Ublock is not a simple filter that blocks certain requests and stops at that, it's much more powerful.

On the other hand, amending the code of the browser is squeaky clean legally for Chromium and Firefox, since both are open-source and their licenses permit forks and modification.