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[-] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 1 year ago

It is ok to use whatever browser you want

[-] Stoneykins@mander.xyz 117 points 1 year ago

I mean, define "ok" in this context

Will chrome kill you? No

Will chrome physically hurt anyone else because you used it? No

Will the internet become less free if google is able to successfully force this? Yes

Does using chrome contribute to this? Yes, marginally

Would as many people as possible switching off of chrome and chromium and onto an alternative help? Yes

I find this whole thing an interesting argument, as someone who switched from chrome to firefox for extremely unrelated reasons months ago.

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 41 points 1 year ago

The same people say "boycotts don't work". The facepalming here is hard. Welcome to the ad riddled future that you helped make because "people can use what they like" (because it's being pushed by a huge corporate entity and they want you to use it so they can shove ads down your throat and you should laugh at people who would use anything different)

[-] ilikekeyboards@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

He ain't bright and Google will win this because most of men are just puppets unwilling to discern

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 17 points 1 year ago

I think Google will win this too, just like I think we're going to make the planet uninhabitable.

But I'm not going to roll coal, and I'm not going to use Chrome.

[-] ilikekeyboards@lemmy.world 108 points 1 year ago

And spoiling Internet for the rest of us. None of us would have to go through this if more people used alternatives to chromium. No website would've accepted a 50% loss in visitors over accepting some companies special protocol

[-] regbin_@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

It absolutely is not. Just how it's also not ok to buy the overpriced RTX 40 cards because it ruins the market for all of us.

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 21 points 1 year ago

Exactly right. It requires seeing yourself as a part of a community vs. fulfilling our selfish interests at the expense of others.

Another example were the suburban PS5 buyers who bought from scalpers so "their kids" could have one, not giving any thought to the fact that they're contributing to a system that excludes the disadvantaged (or, even worse, knowing but not caring).

[-] fbuslop@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How does participating in the market ruin the market? It's literally a fucking market. If they're so overpriced then why are people buying the cards?

Why don't you flock to their competitor if they're pricing their items right and providing just the right value?

[-] pizza_is_yum@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago

True fucking statement.

Most normal people don't even know adblockers exist. Guys, if you're going to convince people to switch away from Chrome, it won't be on the grounds of protecting against some API or ads.

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