β² 402 βΌ Google is ruining the entire web (feddit.de) submitted 3 years ago by nils@feddit.de to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 97 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[β] Psythik@lemm.ee 46 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (4 children) Just use Firefox. I don't understand why people are so hell-bent on using a Chromium-based browser. EDIT: I see now that I was grossly misinformed on the issue. Thanks for the replies. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [+] kadu@lemmy.world 43 points 3 years ago (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [β] cley_faye@lemmy.world 39 points 3 years ago (1 child) my browser hasnβt got higher privileges than my admin user account They'll fix that. The endgame might very well be you can only run a trusted browser, safely checked by your OS, itself trusted, running on fully signed code from a trusted source, started on a trusted motherboard/CPU, with hardware lockdown that would only boot trusted kernel and embed private keys so deep that you'd need a full lab to recover them, only to have them remotely disabled if anything funky seems to be happening at any point in that chain. For now, this is fiction. For now. We already started moving that way with secureboot, opaque UEFI in our systems and TPM modules. The only saving grace is that they currently all have flaws. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Caoldence222@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] CypherPsycho@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago My computer my control fuckers. I'll stop using 99% of the internet. I don't give a fucking shit. permalink fedilink source parent [β] HeavenAndHell@lemmy.world 14 points 3 years ago I mean, you can just literally read the Google DRM github repo and it'll tell you everything you need to know about how bad this is for the free internet. permalink fedilink source parent [β] FiskFisk33@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (3 children) you can already only watch netflix hdr content on edge. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] Photographer@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Yes, and how many people bother to do that when other means are so much easier even if you pay for Netflix... permalink fedilink source parent [β] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago On edge and Piracy, you mean. ;) I don't, myself, use Edge. I also don't do piracy, but downloading Edge sure looks less convenientn every day... permalink fedilink source parent [β] msage@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Still Chromium based permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] DrM@feddit.de 4 points 3 years ago That has nothing to do with Chromium, but Edge being the only browser integrated into your system enough to use the DRM of your chipset. permalink fedilink source parent [β] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Vudu, Hulu, and I'm sure others already prevent Hdx+ content unless it's through chrome or Microsoft's whatever-it-is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] minorsecond@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago Good thing I sail the high seas. Fuck those companies. permalink fedilink source parent [β] 1984@lemmy.today 27 points 3 years ago (1 child) A few of us sitting and using Firefox while Google is suggesting being able to control what computer you use, what software is installed, what plugins you are allowed to have? This is a very big threat not solved by using Firefox. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] snowgrimm@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago They want ChromeOS...on literally everything. permalink fedilink source parent [β] HeavenAndHell@lemmy.world -2 points 3 years ago Because the browser choice has nothing to do with what Google is trying to achieve with the DRM thing. permalink fedilink source parent [+] shadowSprite@lemmy.world -17 points 3 years ago (5 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [β] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago I had to adjust a ton of settings to stop it from downloading in the background every file I just wanted to view or print, Well, you can't view or print a file without downloading it. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Qualanqui@lemmy.nz 4 points 3 years ago Give Vivaldi a try, it's a chromium fork but with a strong focus on privacy. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 years ago Honestly, after this latest stunt by Google and Brave's growing list of issues, I recently switched to Firefox myself. It was actually surprisingly less painful than it was switching from Chrome to Brave. permalink fedilink source parent [β] TheQuickHedgehog@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 years ago* Despite turning off settings to open new tabs, every website I open browsing on mobile opens a new tab That shouldn't happen, I've just set Homepage > Opening screen to last tab and when I open firefox it defaults to the last tab that I was on before exiting the browser I had to adjust a ton of settings to stop it from downloading in the background every file I just wanted to view or print Iirc its just setting browser.download.open_pdf_attachments_inline to true at about:config permalink fedilink source parent [β] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net -2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Fair enough, you have an opinion, that firefox is wrong in everything it does, it's not valid, but you need to learn the defaults. Be well. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] areyouevenreal@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Fair enough, you have an opinion, that firefox is wrong in everything it does That's not what they are saying though. A lot of this is configurable for a reason. but you need to learn the defaults I don't think that they do. They have see. They don't like the defaults and it's their right to change them. That's the whole point of configurable FOSS ffs. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] kadu@lemmy.world 43 points 3 years ago (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [β] cley_faye@lemmy.world 39 points 3 years ago (1 child) my browser hasnβt got higher privileges than my admin user account They'll fix that. The endgame might very well be you can only run a trusted browser, safely checked by your OS, itself trusted, running on fully signed code from a trusted source, started on a trusted motherboard/CPU, with hardware lockdown that would only boot trusted kernel and embed private keys so deep that you'd need a full lab to recover them, only to have them remotely disabled if anything funky seems to be happening at any point in that chain. For now, this is fiction. For now. We already started moving that way with secureboot, opaque UEFI in our systems and TPM modules. The only saving grace is that they currently all have flaws. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Caoldence222@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] CypherPsycho@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago My computer my control fuckers. I'll stop using 99% of the internet. I don't give a fucking shit. permalink fedilink source parent [β] HeavenAndHell@lemmy.world 14 points 3 years ago I mean, you can just literally read the Google DRM github repo and it'll tell you everything you need to know about how bad this is for the free internet. permalink fedilink source parent [β] FiskFisk33@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (3 children) you can already only watch netflix hdr content on edge. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] Photographer@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Yes, and how many people bother to do that when other means are so much easier even if you pay for Netflix... permalink fedilink source parent [β] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago On edge and Piracy, you mean. ;) I don't, myself, use Edge. I also don't do piracy, but downloading Edge sure looks less convenientn every day... permalink fedilink source parent [β] msage@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Still Chromium based permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] DrM@feddit.de 4 points 3 years ago That has nothing to do with Chromium, but Edge being the only browser integrated into your system enough to use the DRM of your chipset. permalink fedilink source parent [β] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Vudu, Hulu, and I'm sure others already prevent Hdx+ content unless it's through chrome or Microsoft's whatever-it-is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] minorsecond@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago Good thing I sail the high seas. Fuck those companies. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] cley_faye@lemmy.world 39 points 3 years ago (1 child) my browser hasnβt got higher privileges than my admin user account They'll fix that. The endgame might very well be you can only run a trusted browser, safely checked by your OS, itself trusted, running on fully signed code from a trusted source, started on a trusted motherboard/CPU, with hardware lockdown that would only boot trusted kernel and embed private keys so deep that you'd need a full lab to recover them, only to have them remotely disabled if anything funky seems to be happening at any point in that chain. For now, this is fiction. For now. We already started moving that way with secureboot, opaque UEFI in our systems and TPM modules. The only saving grace is that they currently all have flaws. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Caoldence222@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] CypherPsycho@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago My computer my control fuckers. I'll stop using 99% of the internet. I don't give a fucking shit. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Caoldence222@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] CypherPsycho@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago My computer my control fuckers. I'll stop using 99% of the internet. I don't give a fucking shit. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] CypherPsycho@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago My computer my control fuckers. I'll stop using 99% of the internet. I don't give a fucking shit. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] HeavenAndHell@lemmy.world 14 points 3 years ago I mean, you can just literally read the Google DRM github repo and it'll tell you everything you need to know about how bad this is for the free internet. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] FiskFisk33@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (3 children) you can already only watch netflix hdr content on edge. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] Photographer@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Yes, and how many people bother to do that when other means are so much easier even if you pay for Netflix... permalink fedilink source parent [β] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago On edge and Piracy, you mean. ;) I don't, myself, use Edge. I also don't do piracy, but downloading Edge sure looks less convenientn every day... permalink fedilink source parent [β] msage@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Still Chromium based permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] DrM@feddit.de 4 points 3 years ago That has nothing to do with Chromium, but Edge being the only browser integrated into your system enough to use the DRM of your chipset. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Photographer@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Yes, and how many people bother to do that when other means are so much easier even if you pay for Netflix... permalink fedilink source parent
[β] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago On edge and Piracy, you mean. ;) I don't, myself, use Edge. I also don't do piracy, but downloading Edge sure looks less convenientn every day... permalink fedilink source parent
[β] msage@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Still Chromium based permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] DrM@feddit.de 4 points 3 years ago That has nothing to do with Chromium, but Edge being the only browser integrated into your system enough to use the DRM of your chipset. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] DrM@feddit.de 4 points 3 years ago That has nothing to do with Chromium, but Edge being the only browser integrated into your system enough to use the DRM of your chipset. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Vudu, Hulu, and I'm sure others already prevent Hdx+ content unless it's through chrome or Microsoft's whatever-it-is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] minorsecond@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago Good thing I sail the high seas. Fuck those companies. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] minorsecond@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago Good thing I sail the high seas. Fuck those companies. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] 1984@lemmy.today 27 points 3 years ago (1 child) A few of us sitting and using Firefox while Google is suggesting being able to control what computer you use, what software is installed, what plugins you are allowed to have? This is a very big threat not solved by using Firefox. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] snowgrimm@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago They want ChromeOS...on literally everything. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] snowgrimm@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago They want ChromeOS...on literally everything. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] HeavenAndHell@lemmy.world -2 points 3 years ago Because the browser choice has nothing to do with what Google is trying to achieve with the DRM thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] shadowSprite@lemmy.world -17 points 3 years ago (5 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [β] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago I had to adjust a ton of settings to stop it from downloading in the background every file I just wanted to view or print, Well, you can't view or print a file without downloading it. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Qualanqui@lemmy.nz 4 points 3 years ago Give Vivaldi a try, it's a chromium fork but with a strong focus on privacy. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 years ago Honestly, after this latest stunt by Google and Brave's growing list of issues, I recently switched to Firefox myself. It was actually surprisingly less painful than it was switching from Chrome to Brave. permalink fedilink source parent [β] TheQuickHedgehog@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 years ago* Despite turning off settings to open new tabs, every website I open browsing on mobile opens a new tab That shouldn't happen, I've just set Homepage > Opening screen to last tab and when I open firefox it defaults to the last tab that I was on before exiting the browser I had to adjust a ton of settings to stop it from downloading in the background every file I just wanted to view or print Iirc its just setting browser.download.open_pdf_attachments_inline to true at about:config permalink fedilink source parent [β] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net -2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Fair enough, you have an opinion, that firefox is wrong in everything it does, it's not valid, but you need to learn the defaults. Be well. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] areyouevenreal@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Fair enough, you have an opinion, that firefox is wrong in everything it does That's not what they are saying though. A lot of this is configurable for a reason. but you need to learn the defaults I don't think that they do. They have see. They don't like the defaults and it's their right to change them. That's the whole point of configurable FOSS ffs. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago I had to adjust a ton of settings to stop it from downloading in the background every file I just wanted to view or print, Well, you can't view or print a file without downloading it. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Qualanqui@lemmy.nz 4 points 3 years ago Give Vivaldi a try, it's a chromium fork but with a strong focus on privacy. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 years ago Honestly, after this latest stunt by Google and Brave's growing list of issues, I recently switched to Firefox myself. It was actually surprisingly less painful than it was switching from Chrome to Brave. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] TheQuickHedgehog@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 years ago* Despite turning off settings to open new tabs, every website I open browsing on mobile opens a new tab That shouldn't happen, I've just set Homepage > Opening screen to last tab and when I open firefox it defaults to the last tab that I was on before exiting the browser I had to adjust a ton of settings to stop it from downloading in the background every file I just wanted to view or print Iirc its just setting browser.download.open_pdf_attachments_inline to true at about:config permalink fedilink source parent
[β] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net -2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Fair enough, you have an opinion, that firefox is wrong in everything it does, it's not valid, but you need to learn the defaults. Be well. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] areyouevenreal@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Fair enough, you have an opinion, that firefox is wrong in everything it does That's not what they are saying though. A lot of this is configurable for a reason. but you need to learn the defaults I don't think that they do. They have see. They don't like the defaults and it's their right to change them. That's the whole point of configurable FOSS ffs. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] areyouevenreal@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Fair enough, you have an opinion, that firefox is wrong in everything it does That's not what they are saying though. A lot of this is configurable for a reason. but you need to learn the defaults I don't think that they do. They have see. They don't like the defaults and it's their right to change them. That's the whole point of configurable FOSS ffs. permalink fedilink source parent
