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Re:Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions t... by arpa on Thursday May 30, 2019 @12:33AM (#20048412)
Well maybe we don't really need DRM? I mean, there are other sources of entertainment which do not threaten the FOSS
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Re:Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions t... by zwaps on Thursday May 30, 2019 @02:45AM (#20048942)
Sure, people gonna use a browser where the only entertainment is a 240p stream of Stallmann chewing his toes.

These responses... Dont support amazon or netflix, twitch? Even FOSS needs to be realistic and see what is a solution and what is not.

A FOSS product needs to support the things people want to do. Otherwise it will not succeed. We should have learned this in the last twenty years.

Without Firefox and its compromises, Google would have 99% market share and FOSS people would browse wuth Lynx or wget

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Re:Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions t... by arpa on Friday May 31, 2019 @01:28AM (#20058433)
Yes, support direct torrent video streaming. Screw the fat cats. Long live Stallman, death to late stage capitalism computing!
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