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Firefox Has Quietly Integrated Brave's Adblock Engine (itsfoss.com)
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[โ€“] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

At worst, it's just fine (Mozilla just uses it internally to replace or supplement its old and incomplete Tracker Blocking system, which never gets the same scrutiny).

I think you're right but I'm sure they can fuck it up a lot worse than that if they really want to. AI ad detection? Sponsored blocking? New RCE pathways?

I think its much more likely than not a step forward, and I welcome the change, but recent Mozilla decisions have me watching closely.

[โ€“] XLE@piefed.social 3 points 19 hours ago

My faith in Mozilla has dimmed a whole lot over the past few years, but if they feel like making Firefox worse, I don't think they need to do it this way. More code does mean more vulnerabilities, but that hasn't stopped them from adding a half dozen other features that could have been extensions. This one could actually be beneficial, as it would cut down on the performance requirements for users, especially mobile ones.