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Ad blocking is alive and well, despite Chrome's attempts to make it harder (www.theregister.com)
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[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 36 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

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.

[–] knexcar@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

We desperately need a third browser.

Safari?

[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago (2 children)
[–] MrKoyun@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

Also, even though everyone is probably aware of it, Ladybird.

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

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.

[–] JustTesting@lemmy.hogru.ch 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Plus firefox mostly exists because google pays them, probably so there's no anti-trust action against them.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Google pays them the make Goigle the default search engine.

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Not to mention googles continued attempts to enforce standards that essentially amount to a whitelist to freeze out any possible competition.