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Google confirms they will disable uBlock Origin in Chrome in 2024 (sh.reddit.com)

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[-] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 9 months ago

Would that not violate net neutrality laws?

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 36 points 9 months ago

Do we still have those?

[-] yata@sh.itjust.works 16 points 9 months ago

And even if you did, would they matter?

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

They just put them back in place, at least some of them.

[-] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 9 months ago

No. Net neutrality is about ISPs, not about applications. It might violate anti-trust, but the military is a major counterweight to any attempts at disrupting Google (among others)

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