▲ 196 ▼ Google Chrome severely damaged extensions, time to move to a better browser (youtu.be) submitted 2 years ago by drascus@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml 26 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 years ago (1 child) Zero loyalties. If Firefox did something similar, they'd be off my drive before I finished the article. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tO0l@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) Chrome is a web browser created and maintained by an advertising company. This whole situation was never going to go any other way. Firefox is equally doomed since so much of their current revenue comes from Google. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) We have a foundation dedicated to the development of an entire kernel, but a web browser is a stretch. (It indeed may be a stretch) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] walthervonstolzing@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Who's "we", though? Here's the list of Linux Foundation members: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/members It's a foundation by, and for, commercial interests; not the users. If the same interests made up a foundation to develop a browser, it wouldn't be different from Chrome; because in the realm where browsers are supposed to work, those 'commercial interests' would demand doing what Chrome does. It's a 'happy accident' that with respect to a unix-like OS kernel, the interests of the industry ended up being compatible with the interests of the user. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz -5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Have any of us paid to have a right to complain? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago Paying for a product does not prevent enshitification permalink fedilink source parent [–] zeca@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 2 years ago yes, the internet wasnt built on charity permalink fedilink source parent [–] codemankey@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago The DOJ is trying to make Google sell off Chrome (an antitrust case). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tO0l@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) Chrome is a web browser created and maintained by an advertising company. This whole situation was never going to go any other way. Firefox is equally doomed since so much of their current revenue comes from Google. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) We have a foundation dedicated to the development of an entire kernel, but a web browser is a stretch. (It indeed may be a stretch) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] walthervonstolzing@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Who's "we", though? Here's the list of Linux Foundation members: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/members It's a foundation by, and for, commercial interests; not the users. If the same interests made up a foundation to develop a browser, it wouldn't be different from Chrome; because in the realm where browsers are supposed to work, those 'commercial interests' would demand doing what Chrome does. It's a 'happy accident' that with respect to a unix-like OS kernel, the interests of the industry ended up being compatible with the interests of the user. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz -5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Have any of us paid to have a right to complain? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago Paying for a product does not prevent enshitification permalink fedilink source parent [–] zeca@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 2 years ago yes, the internet wasnt built on charity permalink fedilink source parent [–] codemankey@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago The DOJ is trying to make Google sell off Chrome (an antitrust case). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) We have a foundation dedicated to the development of an entire kernel, but a web browser is a stretch. (It indeed may be a stretch) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] walthervonstolzing@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Who's "we", though? Here's the list of Linux Foundation members: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/members It's a foundation by, and for, commercial interests; not the users. If the same interests made up a foundation to develop a browser, it wouldn't be different from Chrome; because in the realm where browsers are supposed to work, those 'commercial interests' would demand doing what Chrome does. It's a 'happy accident' that with respect to a unix-like OS kernel, the interests of the industry ended up being compatible with the interests of the user. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz -5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Have any of us paid to have a right to complain? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago Paying for a product does not prevent enshitification permalink fedilink source parent [–] zeca@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 2 years ago yes, the internet wasnt built on charity permalink fedilink source parent
[–] walthervonstolzing@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Who's "we", though? Here's the list of Linux Foundation members: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/members It's a foundation by, and for, commercial interests; not the users. If the same interests made up a foundation to develop a browser, it wouldn't be different from Chrome; because in the realm where browsers are supposed to work, those 'commercial interests' would demand doing what Chrome does. It's a 'happy accident' that with respect to a unix-like OS kernel, the interests of the industry ended up being compatible with the interests of the user. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz -5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Have any of us paid to have a right to complain? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago Paying for a product does not prevent enshitification permalink fedilink source parent [–] zeca@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 2 years ago yes, the internet wasnt built on charity permalink fedilink source parent
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz -5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Have any of us paid to have a right to complain? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago Paying for a product does not prevent enshitification permalink fedilink source parent [–] zeca@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 2 years ago yes, the internet wasnt built on charity permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago Paying for a product does not prevent enshitification permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zeca@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 2 years ago yes, the internet wasnt built on charity permalink fedilink source parent
[–] codemankey@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago The DOJ is trying to make Google sell off Chrome (an antitrust case). permalink fedilink source parent