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Re:Google resumes transition to Manifest V3 for Chrome exten... by saurik on Thursday November 16, 2023 @05:14PM (#38296348)
Are you failing to respond to the point about the web environment integrity digital rights management proposals because you don't understand it, or because you somehow just don't think it is relevant? Like, in a world where Google gets that deployed and websites start to rely on it, what, exactly, do you think your ad block extension is even going to do?
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Re:Google resumes transition to Manifest V3 for Chrome exten... by shiroiuma on Thursday November 16, 2023 @09:22PM (#38298538)
How exactly is YouTube going to implement this new stuff on millions of embedded clients, namely smart TVs and other such devices that have YouTube clients built-in, and which never get updated? If YT tried to implement some kind of DRM like this, they'll instantly lose a large portion of their userbase.
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Re:Google resumes transition to Manifest V3 for Chrome exten... by I_Am_Nous on Thursday November 16, 2023 @09:50PM (#38298786)
They can afford to play the long game and roll it out over a decade or so if it means complete control of the web. By then old devices can be "reasonably" dropped from support for some BS Security excuse or another.

Edit: an example is Windows 11 requiring new enough processors for security reasons even though it would run on older PCs.

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Re:Google resumes transition to Manifest V3 for Chrome exten... by archerx on Friday November 17, 2023 @02:22AM (#38300553)
I will not use those sites simple as. If there is media I want I can get it from the high seas, for free and have a better view experience. The corps have more too lose in this game. If they want more piracy and this is how you get more piracy.
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