Lee DunaFeb 6

Ad blocking is alive and well, despite Chrome's attempts to make it harder

https://lemmy.nz/post/34020424

Ad blocking is alive and well, despite Chrome's attempts to make it harder - Lemmy NZ

Lemmy

Show threadboaratioFeb 6
The ad company hates ad blockers. Whoda thunk it? Also, don’t let web browser engines become a monoculture. We went through this shit with Internet Explorer. We know where this leads.
Show threadCosmicTurtle0 [he/him]

The biggest issue is that making a browser from scratch takes a lot of resources. It’s not cheap and takes a long time.

We essentially have Chrome and Firefox now. And Firefox is starting to enshitify.

We desperately need a third browser.

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Show threadJustTestingFeb 6
Plus firefox mostly exists because google pays them, probably so there’s no anti-trust action against them.
Show threadchiliedoggFeb 6
Google pays them the make Goigle the default search engine.
Show threadKristellFeb 7
It can definitely be both at once. Could be paying an inflated amount, or they could just be doing it to keep FF alive. It’s not like helping their direct competitor provides a direct advantage, and FF would be in a lot worse of a situation without the Google money.
Show threadKristellFeb 7
Pretty sure I remember hearing that Microsoft was also the biggest funder for Netscape back in the day.
Show threadGalacticGrapefruitFeb 6
It’s happening, it’s just taking a little time.
Servo aims to empower developers with a lightweight, high-performance alternative for embedding web technologies in applications.

Servo is a web rendering engine written in Rust, with WebGL and WebGPU support, and adaptable to desktop, mobile, and embedded applications.

Servo
Show threadRailcar8095Feb 6

Even if they manage the compatibility, extensions are a big factor.

Bitwarden, adblock, sponsor block, multi account containers, libredirect… Without those, I don’t think I would adopt.

Show threadMrKoyunFeb 6
All of these are pretty “enthusiast/tinkerer” stuff. Some rando that doesnt use these also won’t be touching servo or ladybird basically ever. I think they would get adapted pretty fast for use among “us”.
Show threadMrKoyunFeb 6
Also, even though everyone is probably aware of it, Ladybird.
Show threadCheeseNoodleFeb 6
Not to mention googles continued attempts to enforce standards that essentially amount to a whitelist to freeze out any possible competition.
Show threadknexcarFeb 6

We desperately need a third browser.

Safari?

Show threadKristellFeb 7
Everyone always forgets about WebKit, and QtWebEngine. QtWebEngine is a Blink (Chromium) fork, but it’s so far from the codebase that it’s functionally different. It still does get detected as Chrome tho