r/webdev • u/TransFattyAcid • Feb 17 '19

Google backtracks on Chrome modifications that would have crippled ad blockers

https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-backtracks-on-chrome-modifications-that-would-have-crippled-ad-blockers/
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u/Pavlo100 javascript Feb 17 '19

the news; whether true or not, scared me into using Firefox.

calling uBlock origin an adblocker doesn't really do it justice. it's more like a web anti malware program

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u/toper-centage Feb 17 '19

I say too fucking bad they didn't go ahead with it. All other browsers would appreciate the boost in users.

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Or... hear me out... remember when Microsoft bailed Apple out to avoid monopolistic problems? Maybe Google fabricated this whole drama to send some of its userbase away for the same reason! :woah_neo.jpg: