cm0002@piefed.world to Firefox@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoMozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegalwww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down11 cross-posted to: europe@feddit.orgtechnology@lemmy.worldfirefox@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1202arrow-down1external-linkMozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegalwww.bleepingcomputer.comcm0002@piefed.world to Firefox@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square33linkfedilink cross-posted to: europe@feddit.orgtechnology@lemmy.worldfirefox@lemmy.ml
minus-squarevatlark@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoYeah LLMs are actually a tricky copy-right problem and they seem to be getting a free pass. Ad blockers don’t seem to be tricky.
minus-squareiii@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-21 month ago they seem to be getting a free pass Because the legal system is a war of attrition in who can pay the lawyers the longest. The traditional media knows they’ll lose that ware against the tech magnates. They also know they’ll win against the browser addon developer.
minus-squareProve_your_argument@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 month agoIt’s because the billionaires are the ones controlling the businesses of generative AI. Adblockers are benefitting the middle class and the poors at the expense of billionaires, so they can’t stay. It’s literally that simple, unfortunately.
Yeah LLMs are actually a tricky copy-right problem and they seem to be getting a free pass.
Ad blockers don’t seem to be tricky.
Because the legal system is a war of attrition in who can pay the lawyers the longest. The traditional media knows they’ll lose that ware against the tech magnates. They also know they’ll win against the browser addon developer.
It’s because the billionaires are the ones controlling the businesses of generative AI.
Adblockers are benefitting the middle class and the poors at the expense of billionaires, so they can’t stay.
It’s literally that simple, unfortunately.