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 threadetsy  Aug 3, 2023
@breadbin @dozymoe @nekohayo this is largely unnecessary. at this point, google develops the stock pixel os but AOSP, while still technically at the mercy of Google, is largely left untouched other than the bare minimum. the project is still licensed under Apache License 2.0 allowing others to fork and change as they wish.
Show threadEnrico
@avrin @breadbin @dozymoe @nekohayo the license means nothing if they keep all phone makers hostage with other contracts. Ever wondered why no one sells AOSP phones outside of china? https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/07/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/
Google’s iron grip on Android: Controlling open source by any means necessary

From the archives: Android is open—except for all the good parts.

Ars Technica
Aug 8, 2023 at 7:58amWeb