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"So don't install the extension then." So if a crack house opens up in your neighborhood the proper response is not invite them to the barbecue? Shouldn't we

by Steko 14y ago

"So don't install the extension then." So if a crack house opens up in your neighborhood the proper response is not invite them to the barbecue? Shouldn't we also use our voices to call attention to things we want changed? "Who are these low karma users who keep submitting these Google bashing/feigned indignation post?!" If you think HN is a haven for Google bashing you are hilariously off base.

yanw 14y ago
How is that analogy valid?! why install a browser extension when you're not interested in its functionality?
- Steko 14y ago
  Because he talks about more than just this browser extension. Spoilers, I read to the end: My personal stream was my RSS feed, you want me to replace it with a Google+ profile. My news aggregator was the RSS aggregator of my choice, you want me to use a semi-read-only version called Google+. My browser would auto-discover the stream related to any page I visited and would allow me to subscribe to it, now you want me to use a Google+ chrome plugin which in addition kills my privacy. Everyting worked quite well, and you could pick our side and help us make it better -that’s what you’d do back in the “don’t be evil” days. Oh, right, I forgot: You killed RSS auto-discovery in chrome, Google reader is dead, and Feedburner is a living dead. I get it.
  - yanw 14y ago
    No one is forcing him or you to use any of these things. It's just another Google Reader lament.
    - Steko 14y ago
      It's the latest in a string of moves that show a clear shift at Google away from supporting the open web. Thank god for Mozilla.
      - yanw 14y ago
        Spare me. Name 3 companies that do more for the web than Google.
      - lawdawg 14y ago
        And Mozilla thanks Google for it's continued existence. Funny how it all works out in the end.
  - magicalist 14y ago
    This is from the article and not you, but Chrome has never had RSS auto discovery. It has always been via extension.
magicalist 14y ago
uhh...what? This is an opt-in feature of the Google+ Chrome extension. Meaning, you'd probably only install this if you wanted extra Google+ functionality in your browser, like, say, alerting you if the page you're on has a G+ page. Your analogy is terrible.

by Steko 14y ago

yanw 14y ago

How is that analogy valid?! why install a browser extension when you're not interested in its functionality?

Steko 14y ago
Because he talks about more than just this browser extension. Spoilers, I read to the end: My personal stream was my RSS feed, you want me to replace it with a Google+ profile. My news aggregator was the RSS aggregator of my choice, you want me to use a semi-read-only version called Google+. My browser would auto-discover the stream related to any page I visited and would allow me to subscribe to it, now you want me to use a Google+ chrome plugin which in addition kills my privacy. Everyting worked quite well, and you could pick our side and help us make it better -that’s what you’d do back in the “don’t be evil” days. Oh, right, I forgot: You killed RSS auto-discovery in chrome, Google reader is dead, and Feedburner is a living dead. I get it.
- yanw 14y ago
  No one is forcing him or you to use any of these things. It's just another Google Reader lament.
  - Steko 14y ago
    It's the latest in a string of moves that show a clear shift at Google away from supporting the open web. Thank god for Mozilla.
    - yanw 14y ago
      Spare me. Name 3 companies that do more for the web than Google.
    - lawdawg 14y ago
      And Mozilla thanks Google for it's continued existence. Funny how it all works out in the end.
- magicalist 14y ago
  This is from the article and not you, but Chrome has never had RSS auto discovery. It has always been via extension.

magicalist 14y ago

uhh...what? This is an opt-in feature of the Google+ Chrome extension. Meaning, you'd probably only install this if you wanted extra Google+ functionality in your browser, like, say, alerting you if the page you're on has a G+ page. Your analogy is terrible.