Fuck Chromium. Don't let Google single handedly control how the Internet works. Don't support Chromium browsers.
JackbyDev
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I agree, but... This was in open source software. Chromium. Not just Google Chrome. https://github.com/chromium/chromium/commit/422c736b82e7ee763c67109cde700db81ca7b443
hangout_services/thunk.js (via) It turns out Google Chrome (via Chromium) includes a default extension which makes extra services available to code running on the *.google.com domains - tweeted about today by Luca Casonato, but the code has been there in the public repo since October 2013 as far as I can tell.
https://simonwillison.net/2024/Jul/9/hangout_servicesthunkjs/
It's possible former Redditors don't realize you can edit the title of Lemmy posts.
Thanks, edited!
I think Codeberg is totally open as opposed to GitLab which has an open core and paid enterprise version. There's also SourceHut but you have to pay to use it (no free tier). ~~As far as I know there aren't any public Forgejo instances.~~ (Codeberg is Forgejo)
I think any of these are better than GitHub (I say as I still use GitHub).
Microsoft bans China-based employees from using Android devices for work, mandates switch to iPhones
That's fair enough, but "the X giant" in particular I see so often. It feels like an in-joke amongst journalists or something.
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"I prefer store bought" ruined me.
Microsoft bans China-based employees from using Android devices for work, mandates switch to iPhones
I read it as Microsoft will provide it by purchasing it once.
Microsoft bans China-based employees from using Android devices for work, mandates switch to iPhones
I will forever maintain that on a purely hardware level that the Zune was better than the iPod. iTunes and later the App Store for iPod Touch is what made iPod won. Zune had no apps.
Microsoft bans China-based employees from using Android devices for work, mandates switch to iPhones
The Redmond giant
One of my least favorite things in journalism. Idk if it is SEO or what but it's so bizarre.
When my problem with Chromium browsers is the fact that they're Chromium browsers it's fair to lump them in. The only complaint I have about Vivaldi other than "Google bad" (which is an unfair reductive statement) is that it isn't open source. But I don't care to try it.
The entire reason Chromium browsers are a problem is because it gives Google way too much power for controlling how the web works. They don't need to seek consensus any longer. They can just make it do whatever. I've even seen people consider it the reference implementation of HTML. It's sickening. Even if your "precious Vivaldi" and other Chromium browsers make tweaks to things it doesn't change the fact that Google was able to make that decision without caring how it works in other browsers because there really aren't other browsers now. Just fucking Chromium.
And for the record, it's extremely unfair to say that Firefox gets funding from Google while pretending Chromium browsers do not. Using foss products made by a company is very similar to getting money from them. Google has put an enormous amount of money into Chromium. Vivaldi uses that. It's like using public infrastructure then bragging that you don't accept money from the government. I genuinely don't care that Firefox gets money from Google because, despite the words you put in my mouth, my problem isn't "Google bad" (though I don't like them, but I don't refuse to use their products). My problem with Chromium is that it has too large of a share of browsers using it.