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[–] silencioso@lemmy.world 47 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Wait until Google implements manifest V3 and "kills" adblockers. Firefox will become cool again for the normies.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I will wait and see. We could see Google pulling it's weight to convince publishers to start blocking Firefox. Google is not just going to sit and watch its market share shrink.

[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago

They will get rekt by Vestager faster than they can say "profits"

[–] Willer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

me waiting for browser news 👀

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago

Unlikely. If they are prompted to remove it, normies will do it.
The tech iliterate folk will ask relatives but not the normies.

[–] Willer@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

yea my dad would not survive not having adblock on his evenly youtube sessions XD

[–] Kekzkrieger@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

People are so used to seeing ads they probably wont bother, i have friends who work in IT who just acceppt that half of the sites they visit are full of annoying flashy and intrusive ads.

[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah but if you tell them about ad blockers and show them how to install them, and they see how much better the experience is afterwards, then they'll bother.