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mastermind ( mastermind@lemm.ee )  to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago

Google is already pushing WEI(DRM Webpage) into Chromium

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Google is already pushing WEI(DRM Webpage) into Chromium

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mastermind ( mastermind@lemm.ee )  to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago
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[wei] Ensure Origin Trial enables full feature · chromium/chromium@6f47a22
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This CL moves the base::Feature from content_features.h to a generated feature from runtime_enabled_features.json5. This means that the base::Feature can be default-enabled while the web API is co...
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    De-google, anyone?

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      How do you “de-google” when most websites expect most browsers to use chromium and start requiring this to ensure companies buying ad space get the best bang for their buck security?

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        Firefox and ublock origin to start. Site requires Chromium? Buh bye now.

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          Good luck with that when the site is your bank, your doctor, or your government.

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        We do to google what we should have done to Microsoft: we stop visiting those sights

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          Good luck with that when the site is your bank, your doctor, or your government.

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          But we didn’t do it with MS. And they saw that. They were the last real antitrust case that was big.

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        I agree it is an uphill battle, but it must start somewhere. Else, it only gets worse, and then movements against such abuses will get easily crushed. As I like to say, “the hardest part of a journey is the first step”, but also “the future belongs to those who prepare now”.

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          If I can’t internet without ads, I can’t internet at all.

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            Same. If my pihole breaks the internet because of this, welp. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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