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CHROME (google) is planing to implement DRM (kinda) into their browser (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by mr_right@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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looks like rendering adblockers extensions obsolete with manifest-v3 was not enough so now they try to implement DRM into the browser giving the ability to any website to refuse traffic to you if you don't run a complaint browser ( cough...firefox )

here is an article in hacker news since i'm sure they can explain this to you better than i.

and also some github docs

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[-] skymtf@pricefield.org 30 points 1 year ago

Remember kids, piracy and shoplifting are your friends. Reason I say shoplifting is this will be used to block you from paying for stuff online, just look at how google pay is blocked on non google approved spyware Roms

[-] B3_CHAD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 1 year ago

Ever since I switched to Firefox, I have not looked back and I am glad I did it.

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[-] awwsom@beehaw.org 29 points 1 year ago

i cant believe people still use chrome.

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[-] Burstar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 year ago

!degoogle@lemmy.ml

[-] cccc@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

Unless something changed isn’t every browser running on iOS essentially just Safari at it’s core? That’s a pretty big user base to punish.

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[-] Pixlbabble@lemm.ee 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Dude if they make youtube accessible only through Chrome we gonna have some problems.

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[-] faintedheart@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I am pirating stuffs. They can't stop me. No other websites can stop me. Piracy sites are not going to use DRM. Firefox + ublock is heaven. Using it even for browsing lemmy as I like the mobile interface better than apps available right now.

Most probably firefox will also bring this or they will lose market share further which is already pretty low.

[-] FreddyNO@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Alright time to move off of any google systems then. Starting with gmail later today..

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[-] pre@feddit.uk 22 points 1 year ago

This code will only ever be installed on my machines by force against my will.

No benefit to any users at all, all benefit only to Google and their Advertisers.

[-] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago

Lol welp, guess who just switched to Firefox

[-] MaxPower@feddit.de 21 points 1 year ago

BIG INTERNET is coming to get us

[-] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 year ago

I have long felt that the computer industry course-corrected with mobile phones. They made a mistake in the early years of computers by letting users do things like install software from unauthorized sources, modify software to run to their liking, or even strip out the operating system and replace it with an alternative. Now we get things like TPM, Pluton, chains of trust, and DRM. 2% (rounding up) to protect users from malicious software tampering, 99% (rounding down) to extract rents from users and to track them for advertising or other purposes.

[-] DivisionResult@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 year ago

And if you start building a QEMU machine that spoofes your machine IDs? So you can do all ypur DRM sruff from QEMU?

https://github.com/A1exxander/KVM-Spoofing

[-] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Well they can DRM deez nutz

[-] NounsAndWords@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

refuse traffic to you if you don't run a complaint browser ( cough...firefox )

Ah, so I'll need a new extension that fakes my browser to say it's chrome before I can use adblocker. I think this is a cat and mouse game with no end.

[-] PasswordIsTaco@infosec.pub 20 points 1 year ago

You would need an extension that could implement the drm, which would be no small feat and I’m not even sure how poss that would be with the extensions API. Not saying it won’t happen but i wouldn’t hold my breath.

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[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 17 points 1 year ago

Can someone please ELI5 this?

[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 27 points 1 year ago

DRM is the thing in games, movies etc. that ensures only legitimate users can use the content. Now Google wants to do the same for webpages. It means that only approved browsers will have access and no extensions can interract with the page. So you won't be able to view some pages from unapproved browsers, forcing you to switch to Chrome if you really want to see it. And no adblocker can interract with the page and block the ads there.

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