Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)Jul 25, 2023

A list of recent hostile moves by #Google's #Chrome team; handy for sharing with your entourage, to explain why they should stop using #Chromium / #GoogleChrome and use #Firefox or #Epiphany as their main #web #browser :

* The "Manifest v3" sabotage of content blocking extensions: https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/10/23131029/mozilla-ad-blocking-firefox-google-chrome-privacy-manifest-v3-web-request
* The attempted sabotage of #JPEGXL: https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/chrome-banishes-jpeg-xl-photo-format-that-could-save-phone-space/
* #WebEnvironmentIntegrity a.k.a. #DRM for whole websites would hurt the web, #opensource browsers and OSes: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/googles-web-integrity-api-sounds-like-drm-for-the-web/

Firefox and Chrome are squaring off over ad-blocker extensions

Mozilla, the makers of the Firefox browser, has said that ad blocking at the network level will be supported in its implementation of the Manifest V3 standard, drawing a contrast with Google Chrome.

The Verge
Show threadGen X-WingJul 26, 2023
@nekohayo Chrome and Android should be separated from Alphabet.
Show threadErik MartinoAug 3, 2023
@breadbin @nekohayo Who should pay for the development? It will probably be Microsoft then.
Show threadFahri Reza 🍉Aug 3, 2023

Something that doesn't produce their own profit doesn't sit well with capitalism.
Privatising them probably better.

@erikmartino @breadbin @nekohayo

Show threadGen X-WingAug 3, 2023

@dozymoe @nekohayo That or just new companies. Make Android into a non profit a la many other open source projects. Have all those makers pay to use it commercially. Make it an OS that’s not wrapped up in Alphabets plans.

Or make it a stand alone company that have to fend for itself.

But them using those two to hold people’s access to the internet hostage, terrible thing.

Show threadMatt Erickson
@breadbin @dozymoe @nekohayo
But using them to hold people's access to the internet hostage is *exactly the point*. It's like Windows with IE back in the day. Alphabet, and Google, exist to produce money for their shareholders. They'd be *not doing their jobs* if they spent effort to be nice to the internet.
Aug 3, 2023 at 2:54pmWeb
Show threadLN Aug 7, 2023
@matt @breadbin @dozymoe @nekohayo All sufficiently large tech companies are or will be Microsoft.