It is essential to stop using Chrome.
Under the pretense of saving users from third-party spyware, Google is creating an ecosystem in which Chrome itself is the spyware.
Given Google's overwhelming presence in the browser market, this is unconscionable.
We should all despise the ad-tech business, and have no sympathy for the companies getting whacked by Google's actions. But we should not permit one monopolist to replace them all.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/year-review-googles-corporate-paternalism-browser
Google hasn’t reached “subscription service for printer ink” levels of enshitiffication, but the trend line is clear and it will do nothing but accelerate.
The VC model of growth at all costs is inherently flawed, but it makes quarterly profit projections, and that’s all they care about.
Right up until it crashes, and our tax money subsidizes their losses. Then fire up the casino again and start the clock on the next economic collapse.
doesn’t matter to them if they diversify their investments enough… there’s always at least one segment of the market that sees growth in the collapse. the system works just fine for them.
They don’t need the subscription. They make money collecting data and serving ads. They aren’t going to charge for that like microsoft does. They aren’t that shortsighted.
This current change is to elbow out computers that use cookies for tracking. They are going to be using the browser and they control most browsers. You need to use Safari or Firefox to get away from them. Still safari follows chrome because they have the same heritage of web engine and Google pays apple billions each year. Firefox is also heavily supported by Google, so there’s implicit implications involved for Firefox being too different from chrome.
Google hasn’t reached “subscription service for printer ink” levels of enshitiffication, but the trend line is clear and it will do nothing but accelerate.
The VC model of growth at all costs is inherently flawed, but it makes quarterly profit projections, and that’s all they care about.
Right up until it crashes, and our tax money subsidizes their losses. Then fire up the casino again and start the clock on the next economic collapse.
doesn’t matter to them if they diversify their investments enough… there’s always at least one segment of the market that sees growth in the collapse. the system works just fine for them.
doesn’t matter if everyone else suffers for it.
They don’t need the subscription. They make money collecting data and serving ads. They aren’t going to charge for that like microsoft does. They aren’t that shortsighted.
This current change is to elbow out computers that use cookies for tracking. They are going to be using the browser and they control most browsers. You need to use Safari or Firefox to get away from them. Still safari follows chrome because they have the same heritage of web engine and Google pays apple billions each year. Firefox is also heavily supported by Google, so there’s implicit implications involved for Firefox being too different from chrome.