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But really, the prospect of breaking support for the innumerable applications that use V2 and will never be updated seems to be the worst idea Ive seen in decad

But really, the prospect of breaking support for the innumerable applications that use V2 and will never be updated seems to be the worst idea Ive seen in decades. I still struggle to believe it, but everytime I read something on this "V3 migration" that sounds like exactly what they plan.. This isnt like IE6 either, where every user was desperate for the apps they were forced to use to die, it seems the only people that really want this change is google. Apologies in advance if Im wrong, the only reason I care is I keep hearing "google plans to break lots of stuff with no clear need to do so."

matheusmoreira 4y ago
They're the only ones who want this change because they're the billion dollar advertising corporation and they want to kill ad blockers on Chrome. The more painful and costly it is for them, the better. Hopefully it will reduce Chrome market share too when other browsers refuse to deprecate the features uBlock Origin needs. Still not enough punishment for them.
- defrost 4y ago
  > Still not enough punishment for them. Force them all to live as Winston Smith in rooms with wall sized screens that deliver unblockable ads and monitor their every action? ie. To eat their own dogfood.
  - matheusmoreira 4y ago
    Don't forget the high pitched noise when they try to close their eyes.
    - EdwardDiego 4y ago
      New on Wraith Babes, millions watched her glide through the Hot Shot curtain of dreams... ...Insufficent funds to skip...
- tlogan 4y ago
  The problem is this: Google cloud team probably want that chrome browser has more extensions, that extensions can control network flow (security, monitoring, etc.), and that it is easy to hot fix. On the other hand, Google ads team does not like extensions at all: especially if they can be used to block ads. Ads team has more $$ while cloud team are fighting hard to become relevant. Thus the shitshow.
  - matheusmoreira 4y ago
    I understand but it doesn't excuse the fact they are using their market power to kill ad blockers and make our lives on the web infinitely worse. They shouldn't be able to just get away with it, we need to call them out every single time. The true leverage comes from increasing the relevance of Firefox and Brave, eroding their market power as much as possible. Users should have ad blockers and the ads team should be able to do exactly nothing about it.
eshack94 4y ago
Your take on this is exactly correct.

matheusmoreira 4y ago

They're the only ones who want this change because they're the billion dollar advertising corporation and they want to kill ad blockers on Chrome. The more painful and costly it is for them, the better. Hopefully it will reduce Chrome market share too when other browsers refuse to deprecate the features uBlock Origin needs. Still not enough punishment for them.

defrost 4y ago
> Still not enough punishment for them. Force them all to live as Winston Smith in rooms with wall sized screens that deliver unblockable ads and monitor their every action? ie. To eat their own dogfood.
- matheusmoreira 4y ago
  Don't forget the high pitched noise when they try to close their eyes.
  - EdwardDiego 4y ago
    New on Wraith Babes, millions watched her glide through the Hot Shot curtain of dreams... ...Insufficent funds to skip...
tlogan 4y ago
The problem is this: Google cloud team probably want that chrome browser has more extensions, that extensions can control network flow (security, monitoring, etc.), and that it is easy to hot fix. On the other hand, Google ads team does not like extensions at all: especially if they can be used to block ads. Ads team has more $$ while cloud team are fighting hard to become relevant. Thus the shitshow.
- matheusmoreira 4y ago
  I understand but it doesn't excuse the fact they are using their market power to kill ad blockers and make our lives on the web infinitely worse. They shouldn't be able to just get away with it, we need to call them out every single time. The true leverage comes from increasing the relevance of Firefox and Brave, eroding their market power as much as possible. Users should have ad blockers and the ads team should be able to do exactly nothing about it.

eshack94 4y ago

Your take on this is exactly correct.