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seasonone@opidea.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Google engineers want to make ad-blocking (near) impossible

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In recent news, Google has put forth a proposal known as the "Web Environment Integrity Explainer", authored by four of its engineers. On the surface, it
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    I fail to see how the engineers building the technical side of this are relevant to this case. It’s not their decision to put this into Chromium or not.

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      True, it was not their decision, but they had the choice to show google the middle finger.

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        The next person would do it then. I don’t see that as a solution.

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          Anyone able to come up with this tech has the choice to just leave and work elsewhere.

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            Of course they have the choice. But be realistic. There is ALWAYS someone willing to do something for money. Not everyone thinks the same way as you do.

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      You always have a decision. Especially when you’re a highly qualified engineer that could choose to work somewhere else easily.

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        You say that like it’s easy to deal with a sudden loss of income and the potential that their living situation will radically change before they land that new job. I can’t imagine that working at that level leads to particular quick interview and hiring processes.

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        Dude they’re not murdering people they implemented tech use a new browser

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          An unethical tech which they could’ve refused and turned whistleblower about.

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            No point in whistleblowing when they are posting blogs about it…asking for feedback.

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          Also, it is ‘they’re’, not ‘their’.

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            Thanks really picked what mattered from an auto correct

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