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This will not cause Chrome to lose market share, it is in fact the exact opposite. The move is _required_ for market share. Castrating extensions prevents avera
by trabant00 5y ago
This will not cause Chrome to lose market share, it is in fact the exact opposite. The move is _required_ for market share. Castrating extensions prevents average Joe from shooting himself in the foot. It is easy for us to forget how bad most non IT people are with these things. It's OK to have browsers aimed at different markets. I will continue to use Firefox but will not push it to my aging parents for example.
I feel the same for Linux on the desktop discussion. I don't want Linux to become another Windows or Mac OS. The DIY always tinkering with it is a feature not a bug. It's like a car you keep for track days. Sure you work on it all the time and would not want your grandma taking it shopping, but that's not it's purpose! Of course family cars will always have a huge market share compared to track day cars. And you would not want to change that because it would mean destroying what a track day car is in the process of making it user friendly, reliable, maintenance free, etc.
- nomercy400 5y agoWould you like to have random companies tracking your grandma wherever she goes, because of the GPS that's now in every family car? Would you like supermarkets real-time adjust (=increase by 2ct) the prices on products your grandma usually buys, based on when your grandma's family car is taking the "I'm going shopping" route?
- GoblinSlayer 5y agoIt's the opposite, only power users can use Windows, everyone else don't know hygiene and quickly get stuffed with viruses.