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Re:Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions t... by userbinator on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @11:25PM (#20048102)
Crack the DRM and do it in a country that does not care about DMCA and has lax copyright laws. You could create an "illegal browser", and judging by how effective all the other antipiracy efforts have been to date (i.e. not at all), I doubt you'll face too much opposition...
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Re:Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions t... by arpa on Thursday May 30, 2019 @12:33AM (#20048417)
Or don't consume DRMed content?
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Re:Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions t... by Sabinus on Thursday May 30, 2019 @01:22AM (#20048628)
So, all commercial video content on the web?
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Re:Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions t... by zentiggr on Thursday May 30, 2019 @11:28AM (#20052194)
Sure... vote with your wallet, only in video space. When DRM'ed content becomes less popular, companies will have to reconsider.

Of course, I'm one of those who doesn't care much about mass media in general. Addictions could make this shift impossible.

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Re:Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions t... by josteink on Thursday May 30, 2019 @03:03AM (#20049016)
Not all commercial content is DRMed. Example: Rifftraxx.

You can also enjoy lots of high-quality, DRM-free content on YouTube, Vimeo, peertube, fosdem and god knows where.

There’s more to internet video than Netflix, Hulu and Prime.

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Re:Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions t... by TeMPOraL on Thursday May 30, 2019 @04:07AM (#20049286)
From the perspective of general population - which is where you need adoption to be even a mote of dust next to Chrome - no, there isn't.
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Re:Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions t... by asark on Thursday May 30, 2019 @11:05AM (#20051947)
Or go the "insert DeCSS here" route that some used back when that was a thing. "If you happen to have somehow acquired a WideVine lib, having hash [some string], stick it here if you want to watch Netflix."
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