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Mozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegal (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
submitted 3 days ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Mac@mander.xyz 37 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Next they'll say that avoiding ads by abandoning the internet on the whole is illegal and that you are legally required to watch ads x times, or for y minutes, per day.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Drink verification can.

[–] Noja@sopuli.xyz 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 4 points 2 days ago

I'm sure you know but for any onlookers:
This is not a meme, this was in a patent by Sony.

US8246454B2

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Bah, it's only a mandatory 1439 minutes a day