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> This is not really evidence-based reasoning, it’s just “I can imagine something evil that Google might do.” Please read Mozilla's story on how Google sabotag
by troupo 1y ago
> This is not really evidence-based reasoning, it’s just “I can imagine something evil that Google might do.”
Please read Mozilla's story on how Google sabotaged them: https://archive.is/tgIH9 https://archive.is/tgIH9
Oh. And they very literally killed Internet Explorer: https://blog.chriszacharias.com/a-conspiracy-to-kill-ie6 https://blog.chriszacharias.com/a-conspiracy-to-kill-ie6
Oh. And Google's mobile apps always conveniently forget the setting of "always use system browser and never ask me", and will keep asking you to open with "chrome", "google", or "system browser".
Oh and...
- hylaride 1y ago> Oh. And they very literally killed Internet Explorer I disagree with this. Firstly, in this article they talk about how they "killed" IE6 in favour of later versions of IE, but MS ultimately killed IE with neglect until it was far too late.
- chillfox 1y agoMicrosoft might have been neglecting IE, but Google was Definitly playing games with IE, constantly breaking video acceleration on YouTube in IE in any way they could. They were literally introducing invisible elements overlapping the video for no other reason than to break IE.
- jcattle 1y agoAnd web developers everywhere thanked them for killing IE6
- skybrian 1y agoHow well do Gmail and Google Docs work on Firefox today?
- 71bw 1y agoEffortlessly, at least with uBO installed.