WTF?
Jeez, will it never end?
The original ad blocker! Arrr
Would that actually work? I think USPS gets paid to dump unaddressed mail in mailboxes.
This isn’t about the US. It’s a common thing in many parts of the world, and it does work in those countries.
Seriously people, we don’t need to live out Idiocracy. It was just a movie, not a prediction.
Welp… Better start practicing…
\o/ McDonald’s!
If I understand it correctly, they’re arguing that any unauthorized “modification of the computer program” (i.e. the web page) is a copyright violation.
This wouldn’t only affect adblockers… this would affect any browser feature, extension, or user script that modifies the page in any way, shape, or form… translators, easy reading modes, CSS modifiers (e.g., dark mode for pages that don’t have it, or anything that improves readability for people with vision problems), probably screen readers…
This would essentially turn web browsers into the HTML equivalent of PDF readers, without any of the customisability that’s been standard for decades…
Or for that matter, is blocking malware even legal?
