And since you won’t be able to modify web pages, it will also mean the end of customization, either for looks (ie. DarkReader, Stylus), conveniance (ie. Tampermonkey) or accessibility.

The community feedback is… interesting to say the least.

  • katy ✨
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    22 years ago

    How can the smartest people be so dumb?

    Please, please, PLEASE… if you care about a healthy open internet, donate to Mozilla, Thunderbird, and/or the EFF, at the minimum, if you’re able to.

    I liked to subscribe to Youtube Premium to support my favourite channels but this kinda stuff turns me off.

    • @Engywuck@lemmy.ml
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      Mozilla, Thunderbird, and/or the EFF,

      Do you know that donation to Mozilla don’t (and can’t legally) fund Firefox development, right? (opposite to what happens for Thunderbird, actually).

      But, hey, you can guarantee Mozilla’s CEO a better retirement:

      Thus, your money are better spent donating to Thunderbird or EFF or whatever other foundation that does something actually useful.

          • Do you know that donation to Mozilla don’t (and can’t legally) fund Firefox development, right?

            Two lines on a graph don’t prove that statement. What you’ve proven is that the chair of Mozilla is making more as the market share is going down. Now connect the dots with a source that shows why those numbers matter and you’re golden.

    • The Doctor
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      12 years ago

      It’s not doing something dumb. It’s another power grab. We passed the stage where giving the benefit of the doubt is a reasonable thing to do well over a decade ago.

    • @Spike@feddit.de
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      12 years ago

      How can the smartest people be so dumb?

      Who are you talking about exactly? Because I doubt that everyone working at google knows everything thats going on, even while working on it.

    • @ramble81@lemmy.world
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      02 years ago

      Easy to confuse stupidity with malice. They’re chasing one thing and one thing only: the almighty dollar. Look at it through that lens and their actions make sense. For the rest of us though, that’s just stupid.

      • @eskimofry@lemmy.ml
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        12 years ago

        if they were chasing the dollar, they would be clever about it. This just looks like they are penny wise and pound foolish.

      • @Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml
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        12 years ago

        Not just the almighty dollar.

        Some people just pursue a perceived challenge with zero care for the terrible consequences of it.

        either way, they need to be stopped