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[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm on Windows and it's never hindered me when I needed to go download something that would make a studio exec cry. Granted, I use Firefox, but I'm not sure what Chrome would do differently - it's just a matter of clicking links that get sent off to qBittorrent to handle. What "big brothering" do they do?

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Google is implementing a new scheme that verifies your browser (correct DRM, etc.) and sites won’t allow access without it.

Basically you have to have Chrome and without extensions they don’t like.

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

I'm preeeeetty sure that the Pirate Bay isn't going to implement that scheme.