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| History always repeats. |
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| Karel:
The web is 'optimised for Chrome, not for independent browsers' https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/20/mozilla_eu_internet_regulation/ |
| Karel:
Chrome deploys deep-linking tech in latest browser build despite privacy concerns. It's not a bug, it's a feature, explains the Chocolate Factory https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/20/chrome_deploys_deeplinking/ |
| tggzzz:
History doesn't repeat. History does rhyme. |
| SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: Karel on February 24, 2020, 12:06:21 pm ---Chrome deploys deep-linking tech in latest browser build despite privacy concerns. It's not a bug, it's a feature, explains the Chocolate Factory https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/20/chrome_deploys_deeplinking/ --- End quote --- Any organization, no matter how big or small it is (applies to even individuals) will usually try relentlessly to optimize how it functions and how much of its environment it has an influence on. Even bacteria and viruses do that. I think it all comes down to that. So yes of course, all attempts to "grow" will IMO never end. It's the battle of life. Not trying to be too philosophical here - just very basic actually. And the same "approaches" for growing attempts are bound to be reused again and again - sometimes with variations of course - exactly as we can observe for any form of life. In that respect, yes, similar things will tend to occur again and again. The big picture for Google (and similar companies) is exactly that IMO. They are just constantly expanding, sometimes (or most of the time) at the expense of other people/organizations. Regulations are a bit like fighting a virus so it doesn't spread so much as to be a hazard for our future - but exactly like with viruses, it's a never-ending fight, and the more influence big companies acquire, the harder they become to regulate. Oh, and just like with viruses, the only thing you can do on an individual basis to limit the expansion is just not to contribute propagating it. So don't use Chrome, and limit your use of Google services in general. It's not a stab at Google per se - I don't think Google is inherently "bad" - it's just gotten big enough that its influence can now become a hazard to us, and even Google can't do much about it IMO. The only way to reverse the trend would be if Google split up in several smaller and fully independent organizations to get things back to a situation in which their individual influence is contained. And interestingly, "It's not a bug, it's a feature," is exactly how a virus could be described, so I like this parallel. |
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