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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by rchaud on Friday February 28, 2025 @10:26AM (#43206645)
"The Browser Company" does not want to be seen as a dumb pipe. You are not downloading a mere browser, but a "platform" for "experiencing the web as never before".
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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by Yeul on Friday February 28, 2025 @01:14PM (#43208634)
They have to make money somehow I guess.

Obviously Google has many income streams. Mozilla does not.

It always comes down to the question: do you want to pay money for a browser? And the answer for 99% of the users is "hell no".

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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by rchaud on Friday February 28, 2025 @02:11PM (#43209156)
...and US tech companies take that as a reason to fill the app with feature bloat and then charge a subscription for it. Arc as a product is dead because the founders are of course pivoting to an "AI browser".
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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by mihaaly on Friday February 28, 2025 @02:37PM (#43209431)
"It's not shit, it's experience" kind of corporate bs repacked?
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