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Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome

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• tareqak 8y ago
  Duplicate of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18973477 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18973477 .
• londons_explore 8y ago
  This is hyperbole. They are refactoring an API to improve performance and that might impact some types of adblocker in its current form. The engineer behind the proposal is soliciting ideas how to resolve the issue.
  • crispyambulance 8y ago
    Not hyperbole. "Soliciting ideas" means they're also gauging what the response will be to such a change. NOW (actually 1 year ago) is the best time to freak out. Ublock Origin is perhaps the best blocker in existence for many people. I am OK if Google wants to change the way the Chrome works for the sake of security and performance, but if they break the functionality of Ublock Origin without the availability of an equivalent or better alternative, that's cause for some alarm.