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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Curse googles sudden but constant betrayal!"

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's NOT the engineers. It's the executives and corporate management that decides that. The engineers just get paid to implement it.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago

Basically adware.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago

Yes because that's beneficial to society and definitely not solely for the purpose of making the company and their executives richer.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (8 children)

I think the key is not Firefox but Apple. If Apple does not join the DRM web future, Google cannot force it.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (13 children)

It's almost like Google wants me to trade my android phone in on an iphone.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Imagine if ads had remained a single static banner at the top/bottom of the page and was hosted by the site itself. Maybe there wouldn't be an arms race to infiltrate every aspect of our digital lives.

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