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   Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Friday, 21-Jul-2023 03:36:00 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

   • fluffy 💜
   • nemo
   @duskdweller @fluffy @nemo Nope, not only it's a false dichotomy (WebKit is the mainstream Google-independent engine), but like… please fight for your rights in a more meaningful way than mere consumer-choices.
   
   For example with supporting/joining FSFE (not affiliated to btw) or whatever other actual activism-centric organisation.
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     alcinnz (alcinnz@floss.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Jul-2023 03:42:58 JST alcinnz

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     @lanodan @fluffy @nemo @duskdweller Or build your own browser! Discard JS & it's not that hard...

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Friday, 21-Jul-2023 03:50:51 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     • Fabrice Desré
     @fabrice @fluffy @nemo @duskdweller @igalia @servo Which isn't going to change the status quo alone, you don't magically make nearly a decade-old browser built on top of an already massive monopoly go away with just software.
     
     If you go with just end-user software choices, DRM is going to stay, specially if people can just launch another browser to be DRM-compatible.
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     Fabrice Desré (fabrice@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 21-Jul-2023 03:50:56 JST Fabrice Desré

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     @lanodan @fluffy @nemo @duskdweller And WebKit is controlled by Apple, which is holding the Web back to promote it's walled garden. It's only a pick your poison situation, with one killing you faster than the other.

     @igalia is investing to re-vive @servo which is great and could be a viable alternative but that will take years.

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Friday, 21-Jul-2023 04:21:45 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     • Fabrice Desré
     @fabrice @igalia @servo @fluffy @nemo @duskdweller
     Here's few ideas:
     - Making it more well-known that their standard would prevent anti-malware on the web (adblockers being quite close to being anti-viruses)
     - Support an anti-trust against Google
     - Make interoperability requirements stronger or reduce the scope where DRM as a set of laws applies. For example Accessibility is already an exception in EU.
     
     Last one being also quite important because it would at least means that you could legally write means to workaround the DRM without having to rely on sneaky and hardly efficient ways like libdvdcss does.
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     Fabrice Desré (fabrice@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 21-Jul-2023 04:21:46 JST Fabrice Desré

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     @lanodan @igalia @servo @fluffy @nemo @duskdweller Sure. So what are you proposing?