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<blockquote data-quote="oldschool" data-source="post: 819797" data-attributes="member: 71262"><p>I misunderstood your previous post. You raise a question I honestly hadn't thought of. We will see eventually as things develop. I ought to pay more attention to posts! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite116" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Here's another post: <a href="https://gizmodo.com/google-no-of-course-were-not-slowly-killing-ad-block-1835495590" target="_blank">Google: No, Of Course, We're Not Slowly Killing Ad Blockers</a></p><p></p><p>At least on the surface, this looks like a good thing. But there are a few niggling details that call that into question. Back in January, the Register <a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/22/google_chrome_browser_ad_content_block_change/" target="_blank">reported</a> that Adblock Plus and similar plugins relying on basic filtering would still be able to function, while more sophisticated ones like uBlock Origin and uMatrix would be completely borked. The site also <a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/02/google_amazon_taboola_microsoft_adplock_plus_unblock/" target="_blank">noted</a> that well, Google had conveniently paid Adblock Plus to let their own ads pass unblocked in the software. In a statement, Ghostery, another popular adblocker, pointed out the Declarative Net Request API was limited, and that it wouldn’t be possible to “modify or kill potentially dangerous or privacy-invading requests.” ...</p><p></p><p>...</p><p>Still, developers aren’t buying it. In a <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/google-chrome-ad-blockers-extensions-api/" target="_blank">statement</a> to Wired, Ghostery President Jeremy Tillman said, “I think they’ve been trying to give the impression that they’re working with the developer community, when in fact they’re pretty entrenched with what they want to do. The new API is not in itself a bad thing, but it becomes a bad thing when it’s the only option because it lacks the flexibility that the Web Requests API provides.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oldschool, post: 819797, member: 71262"] I misunderstood your previous post. You raise a question I honestly hadn't thought of. We will see eventually as things develop. I ought to pay more attention to posts! :D Here's another post: [URL='https://gizmodo.com/google-no-of-course-were-not-slowly-killing-ad-block-1835495590']Google: No, Of Course, We're Not Slowly Killing Ad Blockers[/URL] At least on the surface, this looks like a good thing. But there are a few niggling details that call that into question. Back in January, the Register [URL='https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/22/google_chrome_browser_ad_content_block_change/']reported[/URL] that Adblock Plus and similar plugins relying on basic filtering would still be able to function, while more sophisticated ones like uBlock Origin and uMatrix would be completely borked. The site also [URL='https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/02/google_amazon_taboola_microsoft_adplock_plus_unblock/']noted[/URL] that well, Google had conveniently paid Adblock Plus to let their own ads pass unblocked in the software. In a statement, Ghostery, another popular adblocker, pointed out the Declarative Net Request API was limited, and that it wouldn’t be possible to “modify or kill potentially dangerous or privacy-invading requests.” ... ... Still, developers aren’t buying it. In a [URL='https://www.wired.com/story/google-chrome-ad-blockers-extensions-api/']statement[/URL] to Wired, Ghostery President Jeremy Tillman said, “I think they’ve been trying to give the impression that they’re working with the developer community, when in fact they’re pretty entrenched with what they want to do. The new API is not in itself a bad thing, but it becomes a bad thing when it’s the only option because it lacks the flexibility that the Web Requests API provides.” [/QUOTE]
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