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[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A few days ago, a friend asked me what browser I was using, a question he asked me in a genuine manner of getting my opinion. When I asnwered that I was using Firefox, he - again, what seemed to be genuine - wanted to know why. Knowing that he likes to use adblockers, I then told him about Google's recent attempts of attacking an open web, specificly mentioning ManifestV3 and WEI API and how they are a potential threat to his use of adblockers.

"Well, I use ublock origin on chrome and it still works, so I'll keep using that."

Apparently, I am not convincing enough.