NutWrench

Google has been telegraphing this for months. Either switch browsers now or enjoy your ads.

Or a former BASIC programmer who really hates braces . . .

“Early Stages?” You’ve got AI mining your data. The Lions have already come and gone. The hyenas and other scavengers are picking over the scraps, now.

“Hit yourself in the balls with a mallet to prove how tough you are.”

“Step in this pile of dog crap to prove how brave you are.”

Yeah, advertising is not “free speech.” It’s a way for corporations to steal your life from you, 60 seconds at a time

The point of the exercise is ALWAYS to spy on innocent citizens. It’s about surveillance and control, not countering terrorism or protecting children.

Liftoff has an “Active” category on the home screen, which I don’t see on Boost. I’d love to see this in Boost. It adds some variety to the homescren, which I like.

Yup. This won’t be used just to serve up unblocksble ads. If you’re signed in to Google, this DRM will be used to track you, as well. VPNs will be useless because the tracking won’t be done through your IP address, but through your browser, identified by DRM and tied to your Google account.

That’s what this is really about. Knowing who you are, where you are, where you go, what you see, what you buy, who you associate with. Forcing you to watch ads is just the icing on the cake.