BlackEcoJul 21, 2023

Google engineers want to introduce DRMs for web pages, making ad-blocking near-impossible in the browser

https://lemmy.blackeco.com/post/25574

Google engineers want to introduce DRMs for web pages, making ad-blocking near-impossible in the browser - Lemmy

And since you won’t be able to modify web pages, it will also mean the end of customization, either for looks (ie. DarkReader, Stylus), conveniance (ie. Tampermonkey) or accessibility. The community feedback [https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/issues] is… interesting to say the least.

Show threadnarc0tic_birdJul 21, 2023

What the fuck is happening to the internet recently?

Twitter and Reddit CEOs completely losing their minds, and now Google of all companies wants to lock down the whole internet?

This isn’t even close to being okay. It’s 100% bullshit.

Show threadddnomadJul 21, 2023

The enshittification of the internet shall continue

We will fight and we will lose, as depressing as it sounds. The vast majority of people just don’t and won’t care.

Show threadi_love_FFT
We’re on Lemmy. We’re already winning!
Jul 21, 2023 at 11:26amWeb
Show threaddemystifyJul 21, 2023
We may win a battle or few, but not the war.
Show threadtryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺Jul 21, 2023

Then i’ll scrape the songs i currently watch on youtube with jdownload and stop using the page otherwise.

All they do is make the internet less attractive. Now that works to increase profits for a while, but eventually the content creators withdraw, the platforms become worse and eventually uncool and people stop using it, or use it less. Facebook is on a decline in western countries. We went through multiple video snippet apps already and tiktok and instagram too will be declining eventually.

We dont have to win the war because the war will never end. We just gotta make the best out of the battlefields we win.

Show threadzuckyJul 21, 2023

I built a Python script that scrapes metadata from Spotify and apply it to songs downloaded off YouTube so it looks identical as if you bought the album.

I’ve been thinking to post it on like GitHub cause it’ll be useful for tons of people but I also don’t want to get sued

Show threadStelus42Jul 21, 2023
That is super awesome, but yeah, sounds like the kinda thing you should keep underground. Too many cool projects have been killed because they went public.