looks like rendering adblockers extensions obsolete with manifest-v3 was not enough so now they try to implement DRM into the browser giving the ability to any website to refuse traffic to you if you don’t run a complaint browser ( cough…firefox )

here is an article in hacker news since i’m sure they can explain this to you better than i.

and also some github docs

  • eleitl@lemmy.mlEnglish
    22·
    1 year ago

    I have a choice of not using these sites nor enabling antifeatures like DRM support in Firefox now or likely its libre future forks.

    Sticking to free/libre has been good to me in the last 30 years. I don’t intend to change that.

    • CriticalMiss@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      1 year ago

      I personally switch between IceCat and LibreWolf occasionally which I believe will cut out this feature, but if Chrome implements this feature, expect Firefox to follow suit within a couple of months once usage ramps up on platforms like Nflx etc

      I will not back down, as the fight for a free internet is important to me, but it is not important to Firefox, before everything else, Firefox wants higher userbase to earn more money.

      • eleitl@lemmy.mlEnglish
        61·
        1 year ago

        Yes, Mozilla has been slowly taken over, so the time where I could stick to stock Firefox is drawing to a close. I think a useful community supported fork will emerge by that time.