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> They didn't create Chrome out of the goodness of their hearts: it was created to impose their rules on the internet. IIRC, it's the opposite: Chrome was crea
by cesarb 3y ago
> They didn't create Chrome out of the goodness of their hearts: it was created to impose their rules on the internet.
IIRC, it's the opposite: Chrome was created to prevent other browser manufacturers (in particular, Microsoft) from imposing their rules on the Internet in a way which affected Google websites.
- justin_oaks 3y agoSo another instance of "You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." I'm not fan of seeing which tech giant wins the privilege of imposing their will on me.
- jwr 3y agoIt's the same thing. Google needs to track users, and anything that prevents them from tracking users is a problem. Their rules (that they want to impose) are that user information is advertising material, to be tracked, profiled, processed and sold. They've done a very successful job of masquerading as a cool hip tech company, even coining the totally ridiculous (given the context) "don't be evil" saying.