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To what?
The web dying (i mean web browsers, html, javascript, etc) wouldn't be such a bad thing imo.
Look at what's happened to nearly every static content site in the past few years, they've become nearly unusable.
News companies can try to convince ppl to use their apps, but everyone else will continue to use social media apps to get most of their news like they already do anyway. Ppl wanting static content can use the minimal protocols like gemini, gopher, or even a simple markdown web browser, which are already better than most news sites.
part of the reason I haven't done anything right there. what is there to switch to? Chromium? Where they are actively killing adblockers?
Why are you applying the Wait And See philosophy to Firefox but not to Chrome?
Seems a bit... Reactionary.
Because Chrome has already announced they are killing adblockers with manifest V3, and they have been very public about that for years.
Firefox just announced 2 weeks ago they are supporting manifest V2 & V3, and going on to support adblockers.
Did they actually say that?
I think we need to Wait and See, to give the ad company the benefit of the doubt. And by "the ad company," I'll let you figure out whether I'm referring to Mozilla or Google.