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Fish Id Wardrobe

@lina On the plus side: if this is implemented and millions of users find they can't access certain web sites, what will happen? I imagine a lot of them will switch to Firefox.

22 Jul 2023 at 8:51 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.me.uk
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ĸurth

@fishidwardrobe @lina FFs share is extremely low. i think google waited for some kind of share-threshold to go public with this stuff.

22 Jul 2023 at 9:18 | Open on social.tchncs.de
Fish Id Wardrobe

@kurth @lina True, but it's not as if FF has dropped out of the public consciousness. Folks will switch right back.

22 Jul 2023 at 14:27 | Open on mastodon.me.uk
ĸurth

@fishidwardrobe @lina hmmm, i'm not sure about that, though i'd be happy to. you know, that critical mass that would be needed to not eventually force that googleshit on anybody anyway. if enough sites are requiring that 'attested environment', and only 2% of the FF-share is complaining, it will be there regardless of whether people *could* switch to FF. they just dont. it seems well timed and calculated

22 Jul 2023 at 14:33 | Open on social.tchncs.de
Haijo
Problem is, Google has a monopoly. Most people are using Chrome on Windows and won't even notice this unless they use an adblocker (or a tracker blocker, or anything alike).
The people that use an adblocker just wouldn't be able to access the websites that are blocking adblockers, installing Firefox won't help them unless Firefox also implements the DRM.
Google is trying to pull a Microsoft here (embrace, extend, extinguish)

CC: @lina@vt.social
Problem is, Google has a monopoly. Most people are using Chrome on Windows and won't even notice this unless they use an adblocker (or a tracker blocker, or anything alike).
The people that use an adblocker just wouldn't be able to access the websites that are blocking adblockers, installing Firefox won't help them unless Firefox also implements the DRM.
22 Jul 2023 at 9:26 | Open on snac.haijo.eu
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