Ciao, Chrome: Firefox Quantum Is the Browser Built for 2017

Post by jccalhoun » Sat, Nov 25, 2017, 6:47 PM UTC

makeee wrote: post #5

rgrieselhuber wrote: post #3

After years of being a Chrome user, I've been trying to work myself off of Google's infrastructure as much as possible. Firefox is great, but I was very disappointed to learn that they are partnering with political activists to block sites that they deem to be "fake news." Edit: makeee below posted a good source describing what Mozilla is currently doing, which appears to be limited to "researching" the problem of fa…

Source? Can’t find anything online that indicates they are partnering with political activists to block websites.

Post by hanklazard » Sat, Nov 25, 2017, 6:48 PM UTC

catshirt wrote: post #53

kevinh wrote: post #38

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Fake news is a distinct category of story that is easily quantified. It is a real problem that the United States faces and if we don't attempt to combat it, discourse will suffer. Since you're a fan of Wikipedia articles, try reading this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fake_news_websites_in_the_Unit...

ok. read the whole article. and i understood you right off the bat just fine. you want to block fiction from the internet. specifically, political fiction. and to be really generous, more specifically, political fiction with a certain intent. now. who gets to arbitrate what is "political"? who gets to arbitrate what is "fiction"? who gets to arbitrate someone else's "intent"? Clinton? Trump? Bezos? Huffington? pick y…

Post by Nullabillity » Sat, Nov 25, 2017, 6:51 PM UTC

Grazester wrote: post #61

infogulch wrote: post #39

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I always wondered why they branded Chromecast with Chrome, it has almost nothing to do with a browser besides the funny gimmick where you could show a web page through it. Maybe an implementation detail. I suppose I get it now. It was originally just branding to promote a Chrome monopoly, and now it's an artificial exclusive feature. I love the idea of Chromecast but it's sad that it's still so closed off.

Closed off how if I may ask? Is it not free for anyone to implement in their applications?

Post by catshirt » Sat, Nov 25, 2017, 6:53 PM UTC

hanklazard wrote: post #83

catshirt wrote: post #53

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ok. read the whole article. and i understood you right off the bat just fine. you want to block fiction from the internet. specifically, political fiction. and to be really generous, more specifically, political fiction with a certain intent. now. who gets to arbitrate what is "political"? who gets to arbitrate what is "fiction"? who gets to arbitrate someone else's "intent"? Clinton? Trump? Bezos? Huffington? pick y…

You’re conflating “fake news” and “political fiction.” The first is an attempt to mislead people about events that have happened , the latter is a story about the way events could happen . I’m not interested in arguing about whether objectivity is possible in news, just saying this distinction is important.

Post by Certhas » Sat, Nov 25, 2017, 6:54 PM UTC

mastax wrote: post #84

I'm surprised at the success of Mozilla's PR push for this. It seems the time is right for this. Probably helps that tech sites seem to compete to have an article on every "current" topic.