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Who cares about what the plebs do? By that logic extension support should be removed from browsers outright, since extensions are just used by a small group of
by kristofferR 2y ago
Who cares about what the plebs do? By that logic extension support should be removed from browsers outright, since extensions are just used by a small group of enthusiasts.
- ryukoposting 2y ago> Who cares about what the plebs do? Blink, WebKit, and Gecko devs probably.
- dspillett 2y agoThis is effectively part of Google's official argument for making ad blocking more difficult (the unofficial argument being that they actively don't care if ad blocking is more difficult, for obvious reasons). The use cases for extensions cover a much larger segment of browser users than programmable keyboards and microcontrollers though: there is a lot more mass appeal for things like languagetool/grammarly, ad-blockers and other page tidiers, tools that are useful for devs¹, and so forth. -------- [1] I'd put money on even the vast majority of front-end devs not touching microcontrollers or having programmable keyboards.
- swiftcoder 2y ago> Who cares about what the plebs do? Pretty much everyone involved in the security and usability of the internet. Enthusiasts will find ways to accomplish what they want to regardless of whether there's an easy browser-based path.