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by cnst 1y ago
I feel the same, I agree that the web has gone downhill with all the endless JavaScript wasting all the available CPU cycles. (With all the rest CPU cycles being wasted by the swap-in/out because of the memory bloat of web browsers, a
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by cnst 1y ago
I never have to use Chrome on any device besides ChromeOS; how exactly is it a monopoly when I can uninstall it once, and never see it on the same device ever again, even on Android, which is made by Google? How is it a monopoly when I don
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by cnst 1y ago
Can you kindly explain why Blink's monopoly is bad, but iOS Safari's monopoly is good? Whilst at it, can you kindly explain how Blink is even a monopoly if it's actually separately distributed by 6+ distinct and unrelated&#x2
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by cnst 1y ago
As an Android user, although I'm not too happy about the Sept 2026 upcoming changes, but also the impact is far overstated in these comments over here. First of all, it's simply a trial, a whole year from now, in Sept 2026, and on
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by cnst 1y ago
Google's support article is wrong/misleading. You can uninstall all app updates for Chrome. You can disable Chrome. Once disabled, it cannot run again, unless you expressly enable it. It's basically equivalent to an u
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by cnst 1y ago
Or let me tell you as a Firefox user on macOS. I'd much rather have to switch to Brave or Vivaldi for a video phone call, or keyboard configuration, or NFC, than install half a dozen of outdated third-party XXX-only apps with full perm
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by cnst 1y ago
Just because you don't see a problem with Apple's monopoly, doesn't mean that everyone for whom it's a problem is a Blink admirer or works for Google or Microsoft or Chrome or Blink. I'm typing this in Firefox on a
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by cnst 1y ago
What if the reason for this monoculture is because every other browser vendor was forced out of business because they cannot go after the most sought-after customers? Personally, I uninstall Chrome whenever I see it (on Android, I first use
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by cnst 1y ago
But those features do exist as long as you're willing to pay Apple's tax. I feel like that's already explained in the originally linked article here. If you don't want Bluetooth from your browser, you can always install
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by cnst 1y ago
Your argument against Google's monopoly would make a lot of sense if it was impossible to uninstall Chrome from Android; but that's not the case; to the contrary, it's Apple's Safari that's impossible to uninstall f
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by cnst 1y ago
Around 2010, you had to use Mini-USB for digital cameras and Micro-USB for phones, and the super-ugly non-standard 30-pin dock connector for the iPhones and iPads. Mini-USB has remained popular for car dashcams until very-very recently. It
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by cnst 1y ago
But which other browser vendors have the capability to deploy these things? For example, who else can deploy WebNFC? Mozilla, for one, cannot, because Apple won't let them.
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by cnst 1y ago
It's difficult to have an argument when you keep redefining the words. An app without a rendering engine is not a web-browser, it's far more akin a skin.
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by cnst 1y ago
Nice character assassinations, but whose fault is it where ChromeOS is pioneering the field, and is alone in writing and implementing these sorts of standards? You've conveniently omitted the wider effects of Apple's monopoly from
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by cnst 1y ago
Nothing exists in a vacuum. I'm not a fan of Chrome, or some of the choices they made for ChromeOS, but if they're willing to provide "proprietary" hardware APIs, that are fully documented and open-source, and can be use
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by cnst 1y ago
> Both fear and fervour about these proprties developed against a backdrop of libertarian1 attitudes toward regulation and competition. > The internet's most consequential designs took competitive markets as granted. In the o
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by cnst 1y ago
Lots of dismissive comments just because the author works in the industry, but who else will be able to shed the light on these things if not the people in the know? BTW, consider this: on Android, you can install any browser with any rende
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by cnst 1y ago
I always find it funny how people say they got an iPhone because they have a Mac, when, in fact, Android has for years been more compatible with the Macs, since you could charge both your phone and your laptop from the same charger. I'
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by cnst 1y ago
Maybe enough with the character assassinations? The first thing I do on an Android is skip the Google Account screen (bypassing the Play Store), open the pre-installed Chrome browser to install F-Droid, and then uninstall/disable Chrom
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by cnst 1y ago
The problem is that you cannot opt-out of the Apple Account. Which means that targetted attacks are trivial if the attacker possesses the resources.
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by cnst 1y ago
Apple is the only one that effectively knows the Real Name of all their users, because you cannot do anything on an iOS device without signing up for an Apple Account first. It's virtually impossible to sideload anything on an iOS devi
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by cnst 1y ago
You got it wrong. An iOS 0day would be far more valuable, confirmed by the rest of the thread above.
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by cnst 1y ago
The issue I spoke of, is not by the user, but by the fraudsters tricking people into installing malicious apps. I disagree that such protections (at the expense of the power users) are necessary, but, OTOH, you cannot just ignore such issue
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by cnst 1y ago
What's worse than the inability to NOT have a permanent standardised real-name identifier on your device at all times and on all devices? Apple has really questionable security as well. There's lots of people who have reported Ap
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by cnst 1y ago
What else could possibly matter if your entire identity is always exposed on every iOS device? I can't really think of anything worse as far as privacy is concerned. Can you?
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by cnst 1y ago
Actually, no, they don't quite plan to take that away yet. In this sub-thread, we're talking about installing 3rd-party apps without having an Apple Account or a Google Account as an end-user of the device. What Google has recent
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by cnst 1y ago
That trial they'll be running isn't even live yet, and isn't even set in stone, either, and is limited to just a few countries in APAC. So, even with the news, it's still 2y away at a minimum for the US/EU. Part of
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by cnst 1y ago
Yes, Google did announce of the plans, but those changes aren't active yet, and they plan to start enforcing them in only several APAC countries where sideloading is far too popular and gets abused far too much. Hopefully, they'll
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by cnst 1y ago
Apple is actually far worse at protecting your privacy than Google. On iOS, you cannot install any apps without an Apple Account, and even some preinstalled apps (like Pages, Numbers, Keynote, GarageBand, iMovie) cannot be used before you a
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by cnst 1y ago
You can use the majority of the banking apps without a Google Account on an Android through the Aurora Store: * https://f-droid.org/packages/com.aurora.store/ I've tried it, it works. With Apple, it's al

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