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by dessant 5y ago
Follow the links in the first paragraph of the article, they go into details about the technical aspects of why Manifest V3 is harmful to users. It's disappointing to see this sentiment again, as this has been Google's tactic in t
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> Where do people get this sense of entitlement from? Please cite one law you believe Google has broken. Just like Amazon (your employer), Google has also been fined several times in the past decade for illegal business practices. Their
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I have a couple of popular extensions on the line, and I no longer see a way to stop Google without immediate government intervention. I am confident that they are not acting entirely in good faith, regardless of the much needed and useful
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> They would have to essentially take down Teams on android. Yes, and Google product managers can always choose to not act immediately, continue to allow the disruption of emergency calls on Android devices until the next app and schedul
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They could disable the app only on devices that Google believes are impacted, not to mention not waiting an entire month to release a platform update that would fix the root issue.
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Context can be provided without all the filler expressions that play down the issue as the sentences progress. By the time they arrive to the workaround, this is how they continue: > Out of an abundance of caution, in the meantime, we su
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Half of Google's response is corporate speak that plays down the issue. The priority here should have been to explain and disseminate the workaround, not to start with several sentences of establishing that the blame must be shared. h
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Some of your work was unethical and harmful, work that was later on found to be illegal in the European Union. All of this is part of the public record. It's never too late to reflect on that, and work on making things better at your c
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> Not sure what illegal consumer practice are you talking about. > I was part of "Consumer Psychology Team" at Booking.com for years. That team was/is one way or another involved in pretty much every functionality you m
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> Perhaps it is just travel anxiety? It was just an illegal consumer practice. https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_19_...
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After snatching that alleged last apartment in a 3 story cabin, we ended up being the only guests, and the owner was snoring in the attic.
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The first time we booked a place on Booking.com, we were anxious the entire afternoon. Not sure if things have changed, but at that time they made it feel like a racing game, flashy countdowns, everything but THAT place sold out in the area
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> funny gif company Giphy is integrated in smartphone keyboards for hundreds of millions of devices, and it is a fast track to a large trove of personal data for Facebook.
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There's no obvious reason to grant the nativeMessaging permission during extension installation for an optional feature, nativeMessaging can be declared as an optional permission since Firefox 87 [1], and Firefox Multi-Account Containe
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It's relevant to point out that while Mozilla is (rightfully) fighting against user-hostile practices, at the same time they treat their users in a similar way. Browsers have become platforms, just like an operating system, and Firefox
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Of course, in the end users are losing the most, and Microsoft is definitely abusing their position. But we can no longer pretend that Firefox has any chance to survive with the current management, and we should definitely call them out on
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As someone heavily invested in Firefox as a user and an extension developer, I think Mozilla deserves what they get. Their product managers have been taking the same anti-user route as a megacorp with a leading product, except Firefox has b
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> I find it a bit rich that a random commenter tells Cory Doctorow that his writing style "hurts more than it helps" A Microsoft employee, under an article that states unpleasant facts in the first few paragraphs about their
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"Life is too short to depend on unstable software" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29209353
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> Seriously, can't we just accept reality and get back to normal. Those that want the vaccine should get it and those that don't shouldn't. No, we can't, because in most places in the world people who have nothing to
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Cloud providers that offer Mac mini servers use a HDMI dummy plug to emulate the presence of a display, but macOS will usually not treat it as a HiDPI display. This project is great for creating 4k screenshots on such servers.
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> Or advocate for open alternatives Yes, supporting other browsers is a given, but did you want to say "and advocate"? Advocating for alternatives alone will achieve close to nothing when you are faced with a cartel, regulatory
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They're also pushing for the adoption of Signed HTTP Exchanges, with several Google employees defending the spec here on HN, comparing it to be merely like HTTPS in terms of publishers giving up control over their content. It's cl
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Allowing these groups to use your software and platform literally supports their operation. And again, it's perfectly fine to call this intolerance.
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I think many people are perfectly content with being called intolerant, if that's what it takes for others to understand nuance. There is nothing wrong with not supporting hateful jerks and bigots.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
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> Facebook wants to be known for more than social media, according to the tech publication. Yes, Facebook should also be known and remembered as a company that amplifies human suffering, and threatens the stability of communities around
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> The people said Apple has asked the Rotterdam District Court for an injunction to block publication of the ruling during its appeal. > A court spokesman confirmed the existence of the case to block publication, but could not say whe
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They don't appear to be viable for people outside the US.
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PayPal is awful for small transactions, I regularily get donations for my projects that are literally 0 USD, because all of it is eaten away by PayPal fees, and even for a 5 USD donation you end up losing around 15% of the transaction amoun

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