aevaSep 8, 2023

ars technica: we don't know how they did it but google chrome now extracts a pint of blood every time you log on

chrome user, dizzy from blood loss: I swear to god I am like this close to switching to firefox

another chrome user, on the verge of fainting from severe blood loss: no need to resort to that, just switch to [insert today's trendy chrome fork here] and be smart like meeee

Show threadaevaSep 8, 2023
90% of you are in this picture and I don't like it
Show threadaevaSep 8, 2023
some of you people still read reddit and it shows. muting this
Show threadaevaSep 8, 2023
It's funny because the browser monoculture problem is like one of the few points in life where you can just change a personal preference and make an actual change in the world. It's like if voting with your dollar actually worked, or if switching to plastic straws actually stopped climate change. In the end though we're all gonna die because even something as simple and easy as this is just a bridge too far for people.
Show threadaevaSep 8, 2023
the way things are going now the problem is just going to get worse and then cloudflare will decide to cut out the middle man and introduce their special cloudflare web browser and then all of the chrome and chrome-fork die-hards will switch to that because finally we'll have a real contender to destroying the open web and privacy as we know it
Show threadMira MechtleySep 8, 2023
@aeva firefox and mastodon and things like them are just so weird though. it's like i start to use them but i can't figure out which tech daddy i'm supposed to worship and ask to please step on me.
Show threadchild of baphomet
@biphenyl @aeva don't worry, their boots will find our necks either way.
Sep 8, 2023 at 5:10pmWeb