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And since you won't be able to modify web pages, it will also mean the end of customization, either for looks (ie. DarkReader, Stylus), conveniance (ie. Tampermonkey) or accessibility.

The community feedback is... interesting to say the least.

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[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 154 points 1 year ago (19 children)

Inb4 you can only browse the internet with Chromium.

[–] BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com 131 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (13 children)

Well, the engineers say it themselves: nothing would prevent websites developers to prevent access from browsers that do not support this "Web DRM".

My biggest fear though is that it becomes a standard which all browsers will have to support to stay relevant. And with Google building the engine used by the vast majority of browsers, they can force this upon other browser engines (ie. Safari and Firefox).

[–] brombek@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Google will just say that pages with DRM will rank higher in their search and it's all done.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

It's time to fork the community internet off the corporate one. Set up our own DRM-free sites and our own search engines, run by open source software. With blackjack and hookers.

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