At the current rate of deterioration, it’s not exactly certain to what extent the planet will be able to sustain human life, much less whether a much loathed spyware company will still be around to pay the bills.
Is Google “much loathed”? It’s thanks to Google that the world’s largest browser engine and operating system are both open source. Yes we can list bad things they’ve done but they’ve also done a lot of good.
Holdovers from when “don’t be evil” was still a thing.
Both Android and Chromium are rapidly deteriorating in regards to FOSS. Yes, they are technically FOSS, but in the stranglehold of Google who keep carving away more and more freedoms.
Just consider Google Play Integrity and Manifest v3 (in regards to e.g. Adblocking) as two obvious examples.
If Google could, they’d instantly close the Android sources and remove the ability to adblock on Chromium.
This is some true believer shit.
Google launched less than thirty years ago.
At the current rate of deterioration, it’s not exactly certain to what extent the planet will be able to sustain human life, much less whether a much loathed spyware company will still be around to pay the bills.
Is Google “much loathed”? It’s thanks to Google that the world’s largest browser engine and operating system are both open source. Yes we can list bad things they’ve done but they’ve also done a lot of good.
Holdovers from when “don’t be evil” was still a thing.
Both Android and Chromium are rapidly deteriorating in regards to FOSS. Yes, they are technically FOSS, but in the stranglehold of Google who keep carving away more and more freedoms.
Just consider Google Play Integrity and Manifest v3 (in regards to e.g. Adblocking) as two obvious examples.
If Google could, they’d instantly close the Android sources and remove the ability to adblock on Chromium.
It is remarkable that there are still people with whom their goodwill is not entirely spent. They really had us in the early years.