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minus-squareargv_minus_one@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up26·1 year agoNobody’s going to use it when 90% of the web blocks everything except genuine Chrome on genuine Windows.
minus-squareaeternum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 year agoI have hope that the FTC will antitrust those cunts. At least I hope so. I’m not gonna hold my breath though.
minus-squareargv_minus_one@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up16·edit-21 year agoMicrosoft put Netscape and Stac out of business and got away scot-free, so yeah, not holding my breath either.
minus-squarevriska1@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoGood news there huge backlash to this so hopefully its stopped.
minus-squarephilluminati@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoThere isn’t much backlash at all. You just live in a Lemmy and github echo chamber.
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 year agoIt might still happen. Apple’s equivalent feature already rolled out in Safari.
minus-squarevriska1@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThere would be huge backlash to that but do we know when Google plans to fully push this?
minus-squareMiddledAgedGuy@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoI’m worried there won’t be much of a backlash. People as a whole don’t seem to care very much about the bad behavior of these big tech companies. I hope I’m wrong.
minus-squarevriska1@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoTho there already backlash but we will see happens.
minus-squareMiddledAgedGuy@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoFrom technically savvy people, I imagine. The average user won’t understand the implications or won’t care enough to avoid it. That alone would lead to a HUGE amount of adoption if/when they deploy this.
Nobody’s going to use it when 90% of the web blocks everything except genuine Chrome on genuine Windows.
I have hope that the FTC will antitrust those cunts. At least I hope so. I’m not gonna hold my breath though.
Microsoft put Netscape and Stac out of business and got away scot-free, so yeah, not holding my breath either.
Good news there huge backlash to this so hopefully its stopped.
There isn’t much backlash at all. You just live in a Lemmy and github echo chamber.
It might still happen. Apple’s equivalent feature already rolled out in Safari.
There would be huge backlash to that but do we know when Google plans to fully push this?
I’m worried there won’t be much of a backlash.
People as a whole don’t seem to care very much about the bad behavior of these big tech companies.
I hope I’m wrong.
Tho there already backlash but we will see happens.
From technically savvy people, I imagine.
The average user won’t understand the implications or won’t care enough to avoid it. That alone would lead to a HUGE amount of adoption if/when they deploy this.