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Re:Let web applications be file handlers by staunch on Monday June 14, 2021 @03:04PM (#27506786)
Sure, Mozilla just decided "independently" that building in ad-blocking would not be a competitive advantage vs Chrome.
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Re:Let web applications be file handlers by nicoburns on Monday June 14, 2021 @03:08PM (#27506841)
They did independently decide that they'd maintain the extension APIs that allow ublocj origin to work even though Chrome is probably dropping them
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Re:Let web applications be file handlers by staunch on Monday June 14, 2021 @04:50PM (#27508133)
And yet they don't make uBlock Origin a pre-installed plugin for 500 million mysterious reasons.
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Re:Let web applications be file handlers by beebeepka on Monday June 14, 2021 @06:21PM (#27509083)
As a long time noscript user, I would be pissed if Mozilla were to install an ad blocker on any of my devices.
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