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Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO

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Re: Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO

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Post by Symbiote »

vjvjvjvjghv wrote: post #446
cwnyth wrote: post #198

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The better thing would be to hold Google directly accountable for every malicious ad they allow through their network. If they cannot do that, they should not be in business selling ads then. Yes, that means amending the law (in the US). But the law as it is written facilitates crime.

How do you figure out what is a malicious ad? That seems really difficult at scale.

"At scale" sounds like an assumption that costs must decrease as income increases.

That's not required. Google could employ proportionality as many people reviewing what they advertise as, say, National Geographic Magazine.

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Post by [deleted] »

dannyobrien wrote: post #158
sanp wrote: post #115

How about Brave? Any thoughts?

I like Brave, and I know and respect many of the technical team there. I looked into the various stories about the browser that led to it being unpopular in some key communities, and I really couldn't find anything some misunderstandings, common business practices (which you can legitimately disapprove of), and a wish to register opposition to their connection to cryptocurrency/web3. I think many people would choose…

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Post by zx8080 »

CloudflareSuccs wrote: post #359
zx8080 wrote: post #352

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> No single company should have such unilateral control over the internet and its information. Cloudflare with their "checking if the site connection is secure" (while being MITM) is another example.

The second I see that awful Cloudflare countdown I blacklist the site and never return. I am convinced all their metrics saying they reduce bot traffic are mistaken for the fact that they reduce all traffic by annoying users away.

Gatekeeping internet and reading every byte unencrypted. Nice business monopoly.

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Post by 93po »

Night_Thastus wrote: post #25

I know Firefox's share of browser share has dwindled to almost nothing. I know sooner or later, well within my lifetime, it will be gone. But I will keep using it until they pry it from my hands. And if they do, I'll use forks until those break down too. I can't stand Google, or what Chrome has become. No single company should have such unilateral control over the internet and its information.

By the time FF isn't a thing we'll have AI distilling site content for us and removing all the bullshit and there won't be anything site operators can do about it. And it'll use sandboxed browser instances that are immediately deleted

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Post by zeratax »

izacus wrote: post #516
kej wrote: post #230

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Both things can be true. Chrome was generally faster [1], and also some of Google's growth tactics were shady [2]. [1] https://www.pcworld.com/article/528214/browser_speed_compari... [2] https://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2009/03/google-chrome-bund...

Advertising a browser is now "shady"? And yes, both things can be true which is why lying about one of them is wrong.

who lied about what?

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Post by shevy-java »

brazukadev wrote: post #102
bogzz wrote: post #49

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Alphabet needs to be broken up. Chrome, Search, Android, Youtube need to be separate companies. It's not the only company that needs this treatment.

This won't ever happen, the US and the US government can't afford to weaken its corporations and risk impact their data collection, social control, influence and profitability world-wide.

Sadly you are right, but the people can still learn. There is a reason more and more folks move towards De-Googling. This is also a world-wide movement - it is not just the US government. Tons of lobbyists in other countries support mega-corporations dictating terms to us. Just look at EU legislation recently in the news again - constant betrayal of EU citizens here. All paid for EU taxpayers. The EU commission works for these mega-corporations.

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Post by UltraSane »

saghm wrote: post #265
beloch wrote: post #174

Ad blocking has become a safety issue. My parents are at an age where they fall for things. If a malicious ad pops up and offers to install McAfee, some other form of crapware, or outright scamware, they'll click that ad and install the thing. Then I'll get called over when the computer starts acting screwy. If Google, MS, etc. had ever gotten together and developed a way to filter malicious ads out of their own ad s…

My favorite story of just how little people who aren't as tech savvy don't differentiate between different parts of the browser UI (which naturally leads to clicking things that are best left unclicked) is when my grandmother told me her "internet was broken" and asked me to fix it. I was mentally preparing for a call to Verizon or something, but no, when she finally showed me, it turned out that one of the bookmarks…

I once was asked why the internet went away when he closed Internet Explorer. I really didn't know what to say.

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Post by Gud »

spaqin wrote: post #403
abroszka33 wrote: post #6

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AND try to not use Google, Facebook, Amazon, OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, Oracle and other similar products made by asshole companies.

Nah. One step at a time. That's the end goal, but by throwing everything all at once it's too easy to tell yourself it can't be done; so start with the worst offenders.

Those ARE the worst offenders. And you can easily avoid 80% off that list.
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