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/

EIon Musk’s Wealth
2009: $.6B
2023: $249B

Jeff Bezos’s Wealth
2009: $6B
2023: $153B

Mark Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2009: $.6B
2023: $105B

Federal Minimum Wage
2009: $7.25
2023: $7.25

Billionaire tax rate: 8.2%
Worker tax rate: 13%

Pay workers.
Tax Billionaires.
Save our economy.

New blog post:

Little Snitch "denied" connections leak your IP address: Developer response

Last week Objective Development, the developer of Little Snitch, responded (more or less) to my earlier blog posts. I discuss their response.

https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2023/6/3.html

The macOS 14 Sonoma colour scheme / default wallpaper is probably the first one that I actually actively hate looking at.

These colours just… do /not/ look good together to my eyes.

It actually reminds me of Splatoon 3's cursed colour scheme, which I also dislike.

On April 30, 2018, I released version 1.0 of my web browser extension StopTheMadness. That was 5 years ago today!

I can't believe how long it's lasted and how far it's come. I didn't expect or imagine that 5 years ago. Creating StopTheMadness is just something I did in the moment. Thank you very much to everyone who has helped me along the way.

Happy anniversary! By the way, StopTheMadness on sale right now.

https://underpassapp.com/news/2023-4-28.html

In celebration of the 5th anniversary of its release, my web browser extension StopTheMadness is on sale for $5 in the Mac App Store and iOS App Store this long weekend, now through Monday!

https://underpassapp.com/news/2023-4-28.html