• mrmanager@lemmy.today
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    2 years ago

    It may be the last few years of the free web because of Google. Their goals are clear.

    Please switch to Firefox, another search engine and another email provider…

  • m-p{3}@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    2 years ago

    I’ll keep using Firefox and be extremely vocal about websites that won’t support it. I mean that’s all I can really do.

      • 133arc585@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        2 years ago

        Brave is built on Chromium. So, by default, no they are not safe from this. Without extra effort, Brave will have this feature. I don’t know if its feasible but there’s a chance the Brave devs can remove the code from their distribution, but that’s the best case scenario and just puts them in the same position as Firefox: they get locked out because they refuse to implement the spec.

        • HughJanus@lemmy.ml
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          2 years ago

          I have to imagine they will strip it because if they don’t, it’ll be dead to all of their users.

          • 133arc585@lemmy.ml
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            2 years ago

            It may be dead to its users anyway depending on how forceful Google is with this. If Brave doesn’t work on 98.8% of all websites with advertising or indeed on 49.5% of all websites (approximately Google’s ad network’s reach), it becomes as niche as lynx.