looks like rendering adblockers extensions obsolete with manifest-v3 was not enough so now they try to implement DRM into the browser giving the ability to any website to refuse traffic to you if you don’t run a complaint browser ( cough…firefox )

here is an article in hacker news since i’m sure they can explain this to you better than i.

and also some github docs

  • MystikIncarnateEnglish
    71·
    11 months ago

    okay, but what’s the idea of a “DRM” compliant browser to you?

    because with that vague language, it may be one that the DRM basically blocks out any third-party plugins, extensions, apps or systems from reading, modifying, or changing any website code (which is how most adblocks work); setting the DRM flag may nullify any adblocks ability to even see what is going on with the site as it loads, making it useless - essentially turning the web code into a black box (at least to the extensions) that it cannot interact with, modify, read or even may not know exists at all.

    It’s security that slowly robs people of their freedom to run whatever they want on their system and interact with the information they receive on any level. It’s one step for corporations profits, one giant leap backwards for freedom.

    • voxel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      11·
      11 months ago

      no, the “drm” doesn’t actually run 100% of the time, invoked only once to generate the key for server to verify. there’s no flag or mode to switch into like with widevine.

      • MystikIncarnateEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        I didn’t say it does. But for the subject websites, which will be almost all of them eventually, all adblocking or code interactive plugins will be useless.

        I can easily see news sites, especially those with any video content, will be impossible to use, because if you look at them without Adblock enabled, they’re a mess of ads, it’s almost doubtful you can find an article in the page.

        This is just laying the groundwork for more unblockable ads.