‼️ Google is about to disable all adblocker extensions in Chrome. Instead of letting the adblocker inspect traffic itself, extensions now have to hand Google's browser a limited list of filtering rules and hope for the best. This leads to weaker blocking and more ads getting through.
Google makes the vast majority of its money selling ads. The company that profits from every ad you see also controls the browser most people use, with Chrome 149 being the last version supporting adblockers.
For example, under the new rules, uBlock Origin cannot exist. For millions of people, that extension is the only thing standing between them and a wall of ads, trackers, and autoplay garbage. One user put it bluntly: "The web is literally unusable without uBlock Origin."
to further add to how far into the spectrum it goes i have a dedicated youtube playlist for it consisting of japanese car commercials that specifically make me cry.,, its that bad
if turning a semifeudal, monarchist country into a union that became the second largest economy in the world in a matter of 35(+) years and eradicating homelessness isnt a good example in the slightest to you…