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Hilariously the thing that got me to go back to @firefox was Google making adblocking suck on chromium based browsers and trying to force their (repeatedly) spy-ware fill (hachyderm.io)
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Hilariously the thing that got me to go back to @firefox was Google making adblocking suck on chromium based browsers and trying to force their (repeatedly) spy-ware filled ads (particularly on youtube) to be displayed. Like you spent how many billions trying to make chrome "the thing" and now you are destroying any goodwill.

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[-] totallynotarobot@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

Why is this "hilariously"? Isn't that like...the whole point?

[-] angermcs@hachyderm.io 5 points 1 year ago

@totallynotarobot Google's point w/ the adblocking changes was to drive everyone back to Firefox? Away from the browser they've spent billions on?

[-] iopq@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

No, they know nobody but the tech savvy people care. I just saw someone watch a YouTube ad on their phone in real life

[-] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I know it's close to Halloween but please use a spoiler tag or a trigger warning if you're going to tell us such a terrifying story

[-] Sheeple@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'm tech savvy and even I find installing YouTube Adblockers on phone too much if a hassle to be arsed to do it.

It's a simple truth that the mobile experience is trash, while the PC experience is pretty decent and easy

[-] iopq@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You just install Firefox and get ublock origin on it. There's no step 3

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