looks like rendering adblockers extensions obsolete with manifest-v3 was not enough so now they try to implement DRM into the browser giving the ability to any website to refuse traffic to you if you don’t run a complaint browser ( cough…firefox )

here is an article in hacker news since i’m sure they can explain this to you better than i.

and also some github docs

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    helped with formatting:

    Chrome -> Firefox

    Drive -> sync or Dropbox or any number of options

    Sheets and productivity tools > libre office or Apache open office

    YouTube -> Invidious or even better, odysse

    Google search -> duck duck go, SearXNG, StartPage, etc

    Gmail -> not a ton of great options. I’d probably recommend proton mail but the FOSS email world is definitely lacking, or gets blocked or goes down, harder to self host etc.

    And I agree for sure. In order I use firefox (and brave sometimes), Proton Drive, Apple Productivity suite (pages, numbers etc), and either startpage or qwant, and proton mail. I do still use use YouTube Premium, but the point is Google doesn’t need to have its fingers in every aspect of my digital life.

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      While I get your spirit… Dropbox belongs to google too 😂 they are everywhere! Worse than the plague.

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        For many people, Google controls the entire network stack from their ISP, router, OS, DNS, their browser, all the way down to the platform hosting the content they watch.

        Google has captured such a wide part of the Internet that any changes they make will have at least a moderate effect on our lives. Even if we don’t use any Google services.

        The only thing that can stop them is probably the EU at this point. And I’m sure Google has a plan for that.