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Mozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegal (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 4 months ago by cm0002@piefed.world to c/firefox@lemmy.world

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[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yeah LLMs are actually a tricky copy-right problem and they seem to be getting a free pass.

Ad blockers don't seem to be tricky.

[–] iii@mander.xyz 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

they seem to be getting a free pass

Because the legal system is a war of attrition in who can pay the lawyers the longest. The traditional media knows they'll lose that ware against the tech magnates. They also know they'll win against the browser addon developer.

[–] Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 6 points 4 months ago

It's because the billionaires are the ones controlling the businesses of generative AI.

Adblockers are benefitting the middle class and the poors at the expense of billionaires, so they can't stay.

It's literally that simple, unfortunately.