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Another big issue is that if chrome makes it difficult to disable ads such that 99% of chrome users aren't able to do it, websites may simply choose to block Fi
by enitihas 7y ago
Another big issue is that if chrome makes it difficult to disable ads such that 99% of chrome users aren't able to do it, websites may simply choose to block Firefox as it would be easy to do so without losing a large part of user base while making sure no users are blocking ads. Right now there are far too many users using ad blockers.
- baroffoos 7y agoIf that happens then ad blockers will just also change the user agent to say chrome.
- 100100010001 7y agoThat is rich!!! There are far too many companies selling my private information without my consent. As long as companies can sell user information, it is only fair for users to block access to such information.
- mises 7y agoBlocking a user agent? Oh no, whatever shall we do? Thankfully, we can still just change it, though I suppose a really insidious web site could use feature checks.
- ryan-c 7y agoA trivial way to check for Firefox in javascript: !!{}.toSource There are many others, of course.
- ryannevius 7y agoFor others who may be wondering, this is because `Boolean.prototype.toSource()` is a non-standard method that is only supported by Firefox: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Boolean/toSource https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Refe...
- fiblye 7y agoI mean, those annoying “join our newsletter”, “quit using adblockers”, and “allow us access to cookies and all your data or else” popovers went from nonexistent to everywhere in the span of 2 weeks. Once one major site does it, they all will.