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I'm a Firefox user, and I also hate the way Google abuses its power with Chrome. It hits a little closer to home, though, when it's the OS itself telling you h
by Causality1 7y ago
I'm a Firefox user, and I also hate the way Google abuses its power with Chrome. It hits a little closer to home, though, when it's the OS itself telling you how to use your computer and not just a website.
- ocdtrekkie 7y agoI just see that as each company operating from their respective positions of strength. Or in antitrust terms, using the market they're dominant in to improve their standing in another market. I also would argue that the difference between operating system, web browser, application, and website has increasingly blurred, as we have browsers that are the whole OS, apps that actually are embedded websites, websites that act like apps, etc. I think bright lines between various areas of the user's vision are largely gone, particularly on any OS or app which arbitrarily downloads updates from the web anyways. (This might be a subtle ad for "get Linux if you expect your OS to be yours and do what you tell it", I suppose.)
- Causality1 7y agoThe difference is Google provides me free services in exchange for advertising. I've already paid Microsoft. How much do I have to pay them to stop constantly trying to pick my pocket?