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Your choice of browser matters — Google's Web DRM and the open internet (fosstodon.org)

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Your choice of browser matters — Google's Web DRM and the open internet

https://grafcube.codeberg.page/blog/2023/08/06/web-drm-api.html

I wrote this blog post to inform the people I know who aren't as tech savvy or otherwise don't put any thought into their choice of browser. Another goal is to help get enough awareness on the topic and make sure it fails.

@opensource @privacy #webintegrityapi #WEI #google #mozilla #chrome #firefox #chromium #foss #opensource #OpenWeb #privacy #drm #nodrm #drmfree #freesoftware #browser

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[-] Engywuck@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I am fairly tech savvy and I willingly avoid using Firefox because I despise Mozilla. Thank you for your concerns.

[-] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago

What do you use? And why do you despise mozilla?

[-] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago

Don't even ask, not worth it with this guy.

[-] ZephyrXero@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

What's your beef with Mozilla?

[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago

I don't really like Mozilla, but how is Google any better? And those are the two options, unfortunately.

[-] wAkawAka@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

And those are the two options, unfortunately.

Exactly. Mozilla is better but not that much. What we really need is a 100% community-developed browser engine sponsored by several large companies that are independent from each other. But seems like it's too late, we're boiled frogs at this point. Although maybe these are the circumstances under which such an initiative could finally emerge.

[-] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Developing a community based browser engine that remains up to date with all the updates to the html, css, and javascript standards would require an immense amount of infrastructure and monetary backing. Essentially Firefox's Spidermonkey is the closest we have.

I'd be curious if Mozilla could somehow get enough funding without Google or Microsoft or any other big tech corporate funding/influence and still keep up to date with new features and security patches. Doesn't seem likely though.

Librewolf on Linux Desktop with NoScript, Chameleon, etc. Mull on Android mobile with similar. (Both are firefox based).

I'm on Graphene OS for mobile though, which necessitates the use of Google's Pixel and uses a hardened Chromium based browser called Vanadium. Main dev has criticized Firefox for being insecure in the past, but still use Mull anyway...

[-] islamicaudiobooks@mastodon.social 1 points 2 years ago

@z3rOR0ne @wAkawAka How about @servo ?

#Servo aims to provide an independent, modular, embeddable web rendering engine, allowing developers to deliver content and applications using #webstandards. Servo is written in #Rustlang, taking advantage of the memory safety properties and concurrency features of the language.

Crowdfunding page:
https://crowdfunding.lfx.linuxfoundation.org/projects/servo