I just realize that I should have opened a Mastodon instance called #wayland when Elon Musk changed Twitter’s name.

So I could tell everyone : "Time to migrate from X to Wayland!"

I’m sure at least a dozen of people would have got the joke.

EDIT: actually, somebody did it: see @compositor ! Awesome ! Thanks @mo for the info.

When you feel dumb, remember that some web application developers are blocking unknown user-agent and justify supporting Chrome only because, according to their statistics, none of their users use other browsers.

Make them even dumber: use #Firefox !

This has the potential to completely upend how Google licenses GMS and distributes Android, but we'll have to wait and see exactly what remedies the judge in this case decides to levy.

From The Verge: "Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight (https://www.theverge.com/23994174/epic-google-trial-jury-verdict-monopoly-google-play)"

According to The Verge, the jury "unanimously answered yes to every question put before them". Wow. Google will no doubt appeal the ruling, but that's rough.

C'est officiel, le président de la COP28 est climatosceptique.

D'après lui, il n'y a pas de preuve scientifique derrière la demande de sortir des énergies fossiles. Les nouveaux climatosceptiques : ok pour dire que ça se réchauffe, "mais".
Explication complète ici : https://www.linkedin.com/posts/thomas-wagner-0807b932_cest-officiel-le-pr%C3%A9sident-de-la-cop28-activity-7137082018177118208-s2UJ/

Leboncoin : le roi des petites annonces est sur le point de passer sous contrôle américain et anglais

Deuxième site d'e-commerce le plus visité en France, Leboncoin devrait bientôt passer sous pavillon américain et britannique, par l'intermédiaire de sa maison mère, pour un montant astronomique.

https://www.clubic.com/actualite-509806-leboncoin-le-roi-des-petites-annonces-est-sur-le-point-de-passer-sous-controle-americain-et-anglais.html

Chrome’s next weapon in the War on Ad Blockers: Slower extension updates

When ad blocking is a cat-and-mouse game, make the mouse slower.

https://arstechnica.com/google/2023/12/chromes-next-weapon-in-the-war-on-ad-blockers-slower-extension-updates/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Elon Musk on X antisemitism controversy: “Don’t advertise. Go f*** yourself”

Musk says X advertiser backlash is "going to kill the company."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/11/elon-musk-on-x-antisemitism-controversy-dont-advertise-go-f-yourself/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social