Conversation

Notices

1. Embed this notice
   Rotfarm (rotfarm@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jul-2023 19:37:25 JST Rotfarm

   • tio

   @tio news for chrome users.....stop using chrome or browsers based on chrome

   • Embed this notice
     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jul-2023 19:37:12 JST Aral Balkan

     in reply to

     • tio

     @tio @rotfarm Where “a lot of” = ~half a billion dollars every year = if Google stopped paying them tomorrow, they’d be bankrupt the next day = totally dependent on Google for their existence.

   • Embed this notice
     tio (tio@social.trom.tf)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jul-2023 19:37:24 JST tio

     in reply to

     • tio
     @rotfarm I agree. Unfortunately there aren't many alternatives. I use Firefox for many years now, but except that, what are other options that are not Chromium dependent or dependent on Firefox who receives a lot of money from Google?
   • Embed this notice
     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jul-2023 19:38:29 JST Aral Balkan

     in reply to

     • Rokosun
     • tio

     @futureisfoss @rotfarm @tio You’re not wrong.

   • Embed this notice
     Rokosun (futureisfoss@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jul-2023 19:38:30 JST Rokosun

     in reply to

     • tio

     @rotfarm @tio my knowledge about this is very limited, but from what I understand Google is proposing a method for web developers to verify the integrity of users who visit their websites, so if this proposal becomes a success and people started implementing this verification on their websites then you won't be able to access those sites from firefox, unless firefox also implemented this thing in their browser.

     I really hope I'm wrong here and that it won't affect firefox users.....

   • Embed this notice
     Rotfarm (rotfarm@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jul-2023 19:38:31 JST Rotfarm

     in reply to

     • tio

     @tio oh bummer.....yeah. "just use firefox" then

   • Embed this notice
     tio (tio@social.trom.tf)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jul-2023 19:38:41 JST tio

     in reply to

     • tio
     @rotfarm
     Opera is a multi-platform web browser developed by its namesake company Opera.[11][12][13] The browser is based on Chromium, but distinguishes itself from other Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Edge, etc.) through its user interface and other features.
     en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_(w…
   • Embed this notice
     Rotfarm (rotfarm@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jul-2023 19:38:42 JST Rotfarm

     in reply to

     • tio

     @tio I just didnt want to say "use firefox" but Oprah?

   • Embed this notice
     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jul-2023 20:11:12 JST Aral Balkan

     in reply to

     • tio

     @rotfarm @tio A web browser is a huge undertaking. No reason why the EU couldn’t fund an independent organisation to make one, though. (Apart from lack of political will and a myopic insistence on framing everything through the lens of “The Single Market.”)

   • Embed this notice
     Rotfarm (rotfarm@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jul-2023 20:11:13 JST Rotfarm

     in reply to

     • Aral Balkan
     • tio

     @aral @tio so an important question here that needs to be asked......if there is an absance of alternatives, why aren't people making them? Is it defeatism? No profit? This doesn't seem to stop most FOSS projects from being made, so why not make a web browser?