Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users

Re:Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions t... by prepend on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @05:56PM (#20045978)

I use Brave and have never bought any cryptocurrency, nor do I intend to.

I think it will be a net positive if every targeted ad company stops using that model, so Brave shutting this down is a huge plus for me.

Note, I used a similar setup in chrome and Firefox that some might find gross as well as it removed the ability for websites to monetize me using ads or data from surveillance.

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Re:Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions t... by jamiequint on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @08:17PM (#20047119)

> I think it will be a net positive if every targeted ad company stops using that model

So you want an internet dominated by large players only and full of subscription walls everywhere?

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Re:Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions t... by prepend on Thursday May 30, 2019 @01:33AM (#20048676)

No, certainly not. I want an Internet with lots of business models including paywalls and large players, but also OSS, amateur bloggers, publicly funded sites, etc.

I remember an Internet back when there were only university sites and personal sites. It had a lot of flaws, but was better, I think than our situation where our data are sold and resold with no way of customer control.

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