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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by kjkjadksj on Friday February 28, 2025 @11:42AM (#43207618)
Its like they want their own web crawlers to be slow as hell
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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by cle on Friday February 28, 2025 @12:03PM (#43207841)
They'll carve out exceptions for themselves don't worry. They tried with Web Environment Integrity, it'll be back with a different name.
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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by account42 on Monday March 03, 2025 @05:53AM (#43240512)
They do, it prevents any upstart competitors who can't afford that cost.
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