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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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[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

If website developers don’t want browsers to “tamper” with their code in any way, then I say: Go for it. From now on, only perfectly valid websites will be displayed, since leniency toward the rules would in effect change the website.

Headings not in order? “Sorry, this website is broken and can’t be displayed”.

JavaScript error? “Sorry, this website is broken and can’t be displayed.”

Forgot to close a <div>? “Sorry, this website is broken and can’t be displayed.”

An <input> without an associated <label>? “Sorry, this website is broken and can’t be displayed.”

<img> without an <alt> text? “Sorry, this website is broken and can’t be displayed.”

Duplicate IDs on the page? “Sorry, this website is broken and can’t be displayed.”

[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't disagree with you, but this is how internet explorer stayed the #1 browser for so long. It would accept any garbage and display it somewhat properly, while Netscape tried sticking to standards.

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for quoting the lore. I wasn’t there when it was written.

[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 2 points 4 months ago

~ouch~

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 months ago

Lets bring back xhtml then.