Notices by Eshu Marneedi (eshumarneedi@mastodon.social)

It took a while to write, but I went over exactly why forcing Google to sell Chrome fails to address Google’s illegal search monopoly. Maybe forcing Google to sell Search fixes the issue. Maybe killing the contracts does. But Chrome doesn’t fit into this equation. https://eshumarneedi.com/2025/04/29/forcing-a-chrome-divestiture-ignores.html

Buyer’s remorse.

I’ll miss Joe Biden. He was an imperfect president, but he’s a decent person. I didn’t always agree with his institutionalism and old-timey politics, but he got a lot done for what he was given.

Are they being serious? What is going on here, people? YouTube is right there. Instagram (sigh) is right there. I don’t understand this. Someone, please help me understand. https://www.wired.com/story/red-note-tiktok-xiaohongshu/

Tell your local representative to vote NO on KOSA, a bill that will strip millions of Americans with valuable political opinions of their First Amendment rights, hinder privacy on the internet for every American adult who enjoys the luxury of the open web, and censor vulnerable members of our society, such as members of the LGBTQ community, people of color, and women. This bill is a complete disaster. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/15/kids-online-safety-act-kosa-senate/

Best thing I’ve read yet. https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/12/24036156/openai-policy-amazon-ai-listings

@Gargron But then how will Fedipolice complain and bully people relentlessly for their choices in social media?

@0xjessel Whoa, so that’s how quote posts work, huh?

@Mastodon Question: Why is search opt *in* and not opt *out*?

@Gargron “Oy mate we need to install a mixer tap eh?”

@Gargron spez doesn’t seem to understand that, though.

@Gargron Also horrifying.

@Mastodon Yay, really excited for search especially.

@Gargron Now all we need is quote posts!

@Gargron @JoshHrach @gruber What would be cool (I don’t know if this is possible or not) is if we could verify the ownership of a specific domain, not the website it points to. That way, it could redirect to any website. For example, if Phil owned pschiller dot com, he could set up a custom TXT record or something and then set up a redirect which would go to the Apple leadership page.

@gruber @pschiller Wait, is this _the_ Phil Schiller, or a parody?

Some link verification would be nice.