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0 pointstivert7y ago0 comments

I would defer to someone more knowledgeable, but here's my take:

1. Google is proposing to limit the API uBlock Origin uses, and replace it with a less capable one.

2. Google also plans to put artificial limits on the new API (30,000 rules or something), which will make it even more difficult to make an effective ad blocker. That's not even enough to implement current blocklists.

3. The new API is inflexible, so it will be difficult to impossible to create innovative ad blockers in the future.

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lubujackson7y ago

Not to mention, once adtech gets the carrot dangling in front of them they will all overload their code with a ton more variations to escape the broad net of the top 30,000 rules. Which means the worst actors would be the ones most likely to escape filtering.

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