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Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024 (arstechnica.com)

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Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024::The "Manifest V3" rollout is back after letting tensions cool for a year.

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[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't know what that is

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It's a neat trick that's been around for ages. Your browser presents a string of text to the website to identify itself. "Hi! I'm Chrome_ver_whatever."

You can easily change it, make your browser lie to the website.

Here's the extension for Chrome and Edge:

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/user-agent-switcher-for-c/djflhoibgkdhkhhcedjiklpkjnoahfmg

I'm sure Firefox has the same.

[–] gian@lemmy.grys.it 5 points 10 months ago

Here some for Firefox

https://addons.mozilla.org/it/firefox/search/?q=user-agent

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I'm not sure that's going to fix the technical problems I have.