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From: Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently
Date: 27 Jan 2019 11:11:25 GMT
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On 2019-01-26, Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
>
> Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> writes:
>
>> On 2019-01-26, !!Credit <payroll@qi3.com> wrote:
>>
>>> How many ad blocks could an ad slinger block if an ad slinger could
>>> block blocks?
>>>
>>> <https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/22/google_chrome_browser_ad_content_block_change/>
>>>
>>> Google engineers have proposed changes to the open-source Chromium
>>> browser that will break content-blocking extensions, including ad
>>> blockers.
>> 
>> Get a PiHole.
>> 
>> https://pi-hole.net/
>
> Um, on quick scrut, looks like "Grab our package, auto-install it as a
> great bolus of proprietary code and all will be well."  No detailed
> explanation of how it works, no FAQ, no source code. 

Wrong, wrong and wrong, respectively.

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