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As a user paying extra for google storage the constant flow of stories of people having issues with google and nobody to contact scare me. What happens if I loose access to my account and loose gmail/photos/drive. What do people use to backup Google?
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Firefox already has a similar restriction on Windows, and I think MacOS, but not Linux. On the normal version of firefox for those platforms you can't permanently sideload an extension, you need to reload it on each restart. The Developer Edition still lets you sideload addons normally, however.
> On the normal version of firefox for those platforms you can't permanently sideload an extension ... Are you sure about that? I am using Firefox on Windows and I currently have no problem sideloading extensions. They stay enabled and even update automatically. Try, for example, installing this [1] bypass paywall extension via the "Download and install the latest version" link. Works flawless. ... or am I getting so…
Still not great, but it is good to learn that it is just a little less restrictive than I thought.
It's really disappointing for me to hear this, considering that I have been releasing chrome extensions for the past year. [1,2,3] One thing I've noticed is that Chrome's extension search is absolute garbage, and even typing the exact name of my extensions, for example "Wikipedia Section Links" [3], doesn't yield my extension, not even on the first page, and the second page is rather hidden and not obvious. Pretty te…
You would think a Google project like Google Chrome would benefit from Google Search.
Chrome extension search: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/wikipedia%20links
Extension page: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wikipedia-links/mn...
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It's not quite that scary. They're removing content that the site operator explicitly made unavailable to mobile phones. Old pre-mobile sites will be fine. I would direct the "fuck that shit" to those websites that actively decide to give mobile users less information, lower resolution images (even when you zoom in @&@#!), text that goes off the screen while scrolling is disabled, so you can never see it, etc.
> Old pre-mobile sites will be fine Who can guarantee this? What are the criteria that Google uses to determine "the site operator made the site explicitly unavailable to mobile phones"? > those websites that actively decide to give mobile users lower resolution images Mobile internet is a joke even in developed countries such as Germany, and data caps on mobile are absurdly low . It's annoying that zoom does not wor…
As a user paying extra for google storage the constant flow of stories of people having issues with google and nobody to contact scare me. What happens if I loose access to my account and loose gmail/photos/drive. What do people use to backup Google?
In the final update post[0] the author says There isn’t any option left to circumvent the Chrome Store. Starting with Chrome 53, extensions cannot be side-loaded anymore. Is it possible that Firefox will undergo such a restriction in the future? [0] https://graffino.com/web-development/after-my-post-went-vira...
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Loaded from: ~\AppData\Local\Vivaldi\User Data\Default\Extensions\...As a user paying extra for google storage the constant flow of stories of people having issues with google and nobody to contact scare me. What happens if I loose access to my account and loose gmail/photos/drive. What do people use to backup Google?
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So, apis with multiple non-browser native clients? Basically the current app model, but decoupling the owners of the client ant the api? I think it could work, but you'd probably have to mix ads directly into the return values for it to be at all profitable. Then again, if clients are one time download, and the owner of the api doesn't have to deliver 5-10 meg of JS every single time, you might be able to get away wi…
currently the web doesn't let you mix data from sites very easily. Like maybe I want to cross reference my google calendar with my bank spendings on a particular day or something. We also get stuck with crappy UIs all the time (often from banks in particular). Dunno about how ads would work if sites just provided data, but I can imagine an intermediate step where we have a tool that can real time scrape a site for on…
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I am not worried that Amazon would shut down all of AWS any time soon. Can you honestly say it would be a complete surprise, however, if Google announced an EOL for GCP?
Yes. I can honestly say this would be extremely surprising given the tenants, and the rate of change of the core kubernetes model. I do not believe the dead products list typically has either this paying customer base, or code change.
Tbh, the only reason I use GCP is Firebase, and the only reason I use Firebase is because it's usable for my (limited) purposes in a neat format. I'm currently in the process of migrating some functions to AWS, but it's so clunky, almost 2005-esque.
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Yes. I can honestly say this would be extremely surprising given the tenants, and the rate of change of the core kubernetes model. I do not believe the dead products list typically has either this paying customer base, or code change.
Who are the notable GCP tenants? Just curious. Tbh, the only reason I use GCP is Firebase, and the only reason I use Firebase is because it's usable for my (limited) purposes in a neat format. I'm currently in the process of migrating some functions to AWS, but it's so clunky, almost 2005-esque.