Gregory's Server@thomasfuchs Does this apply to browsers that run on Chromium (i.e. Brave)? I never know what to think when yet another reason that Chrome sucks comes to the surface.
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@KantexArt @thomasfuchs From what I've heard in the past, all of Google's bad data practices don't ever translate over to browsers like Brave, but I never know for sure. I also fear that since Google owns Chromium, they may one day force companies that build browsers on Chromium to collect certain data/breach the privacy of their users. @andersamer @KantexArt @thomasfuchs They already pushed the intrusive "Web Environment Integrity" API (DRM) to chromium. As soon as I heard that I switched to Firefox @Mattstamatic @KantexArt @thomasfuchs Wait fr?? I read a tweet that said that they weren't planning on doing that. Where can I read more about this? @andersamer @KantexArt @thomasfuchs Here's the GitHub changes: https://github.com/chromium/chromium/commit/6f47a22906b2899412e79a2727355efa9cc8f5bd Looks to be for Android @Mattstamatic @KantexArt @thomasfuchs Wow. I did not know about this. Thanks so much for sharing. I can only assume that they plan to eventually roll out these changes to desktop. I guess the main reason I have wanted to stick with Brave is because of its anti-tracking features. However, I'm probably underestimating Firefox's capabilities in that regard (uBlock origin can probably do the bulk of the work anyways). Highly considering switching now. @andersamer @thomasfuchs I think it's best to stay away from all chromium based browsers simply to take away market share from the chromium backend. lots of web developers do their job with no concern for compatibility/accessibility except for how it affects safari and chrome/chromium users. @andersamer @thomasfuchs Using Brave means using a browser from a company owned and managed by a homophobic bigot (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich, https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/04/brendan-eich-homophobic-past-should-we-forgive-him.html). |
@andersamer @thomasfuchs same, brave is mint and I'd hate for it to go down the same rabbit hole