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Chrome's next update will kill your adblocker - and make the web less safe

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ZDNET's key takeaways

  • Big changes for Google Chrome have been in the pipeline since 2019.
  • These changes have a significant impact on the capabilities of ad blocker extensions.
  • Adblockers have implemented workarounds, but these make them less effective at blocking ads.

The end is nigh for advanced ad blockers in Google Chrome. Under-the-hood changes in the browser will have a significant impact on security and the level of control end users have over the web content displayed to them. Google says one of those changes -- related to the mechanism that controls which powers extensions have over web pages loaded into the browser -- will improve privacy, security, and performance.

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Google, which generates over 70% of its revenue from advertising (over $260 billion...

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