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Mozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegal
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I don't know why but I feel relaxed about it. It's hardly enforceable and I don't even think Springer will win this. It's just a feeling from experience with those things in Germany.
They're also referring to browser based ad blocking which leaves blockers like pi hole or ad guard to be legal options.
I just went through the comments ... people are losing their shit. And as always whenever Germany is mentioned, Godwin's Law is in full effect.
Apparently nobody remembers the very American and very similar youtube-dl takedown which ended in youtube-dl's favor. tl;dr: website owners cannot tell people how to read their websites.
DON'T PANIC nothing has happened, and it won't for years.
(edit: slight correction)
Yeah this is never going to happen. Calm down people!