We’ve been anticipating it for years,1 and it’s finally happening. Google is finally killing uBlock Origin – with a note on their web store stating that the ...

We’ve been anticipating it for years,1 and it’s finally happening. Google is finally killing uBlock Origin – with a note on their web store stating that the …

  • IndiBrony@lemmy.worldEnglish
    251·
    9 hours ago

    I think you’re being optimistic about the number of people who both use adblockers and who care enough to switch browsers.

    • DarkCloud@lemmy.world
      10·
      8 hours ago

      Yeah I fear society will get to the point in corporate autocracy, or corporate-feudalism where Google sues uBlock Origin out of existence (for lost revenue).

      …and that’ll be a dark day, and it will be hard not to blame the people who just put up with ads and a loss of privacy. Who can just stomach Surveillance Capitalism’s incredibly flawed and one sided nature.

      Those people are laying bricks for the foundation of a society I don’t agree with, and don’t want to participate in.

    • LWD@lemm.ee
      5·
      7 hours ago

      Based on every browser statistic page I can find, about 2/3 of mobile traffic is through Google Chrome. There’s no ad blocker on that.

      And mobile traffic is significant nowadays - it comprises around half of all traffic anywhere, despite requiring the viewer to be hunched over a phone or tablet.