In this thread lots of uninformed people rationalizing why it's actually okay to use chromium.
this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2023
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It is ok to use whatever browser you want
I mean, define "ok" in this context
Will chrome kill you? No
Will chrome physically hurt anyone else because you used it? No
Will the internet become less free if google is able to successfully force this? Yes
Does using chrome contribute to this? Yes, marginally
Would as many people as possible switching off of chrome and chromium and onto an alternative help? Yes
I find this whole thing an interesting argument, as someone who switched from chrome to firefox for extremely unrelated reasons months ago.
The same people say "boycotts don't work". The facepalming here is hard. Welcome to the ad riddled future that you helped make because "people can use what they like" (because it's being pushed by a huge corporate entity and they want you to use it so they can shove ads down your throat and you should laugh at people who would use anything different)
True fucking statement.
Most normal people don't even know adblockers exist. Guys, if you're going to convince people to switch away from Chrome, it won't be on the grounds of protecting against some API or ads.
And thus the brave lammings set out to inform other lemmings, who are as tech savvy and know this is happening, that this is happening by posting memes. Hopefully the people, who would already be using firefox if they cared, switch to firefox so we can breach the 3% market share and that'll show Google, maker of Chrome and Firefox' main sponsor, people care enough to stop this madness! - I'm not against activism, but activism in an echochamber can turn into a circlejerk. Everyone stop stroking please... I'm here for the memes.
I'm not against activism
You just spent like 5 minutes reducing activism to "cIrClEjErK". Can we leave that stupid ass phrase on reddit for Christ's sake?
Just look at all the people in the comments patiently explaining what the problem is and what can be done. At what point would you consider this common knowledge that is propagated and confirmed because people on this plattform have reached consensus? It is good we had this discussion for a few days, plenty of awareness has been spread on lemmy. I'm proposing to stop posting about this topic as there is nothing new added except repetition that gains traction because we agree. Call that whatever you want.
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Are you guys still using Chrome?
Yes, for now. But also brave, which I'm told I should stop doing as well. You can see how well I listen to advice.
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The past week every post has just been browser icons.
FFS, go browse the bottom of the Potomac.
Nice pun!
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Indeed. So boring and useless.
It feels like last week we were defending proprietary software, ads, and tracking against those mean old FOSS zealots who actually care about privacy and freedom. Are you saying we care about those things now?
We now know how much we do or don't care about these things, based on all arguments provided. Some people might even give firefox a try after last week, which is great. I'm saying we have seen enough memes full of browser logo's for now.
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Firefox stans are some of the most annoying people.
Yes, I know I'm contributing to a Chromium monopoly, thank you for telling me. Firefox just doesn't do the things I need my browser to do.
Google stans are ignorant as hell.
Out of those who actually give a reason for this position, which is practically no one, it's almost always "vertical tabs". Apparently those people can't use a search engine since there are multiple easily found extensions available that make FF do vertical tabs.
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LMFAO, you're an idiot. There's nothing chrome can do that FF can't do better.
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Bromite(android) and firefox(windows/linux/mac) 🔥
I like Firefox for Android. It has an extension to play YouTube videos in the background, and you can block ads using uBlock Origin. It also blocks ads on the mobile Twitter website, so I can avoid using those two shitty apps thanks to FF for Android.
I recently switched and I'm really enjoying the reader mode. Also, I highly recommend revanced for YouTube. (´ω｀)
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I don't care what browser you use
Also I like Edge. It works great and Google can kiss my butt
If Google does push web DRM through, edge will surely adopt it. The best time to switch is now and there will no second best time if they actually do it.
Edge is based off chromium, same "engine" that powers Chrome. As most browsers are.
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No, actually you are kissing googles but every day.
How big is your truck?
Microsoft is at least as bad as Google and has been for quite a bit longer.
Correct. We would not even be here if corporations could be trusted. Everyone needs to get this somehow. Federation (open source project development is kind of federated as well) is the key. Actually, we‘re having the same oppressive authoritarianism that gave birth to federated states. Looks like a pattern.
Are they stopping you personally?
I'll stop using Chrome when I can't block ads.
Better start moving to Firefox now because with WEI and Manifest V3 it's not going to be very long until ads are unblockable
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Those cucks aren't going to stop using chrome, they like it and it's good for them, so it's a win win, they get their stupid people browser.
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