The French government is considering a law that would require web browsers – like Mozilla's Firefox – to block websites chosen by the government.

The French government is considering a law that would require web browsers – like Mozilla’s Firefox – to block websites chosen by the government.

  • eterps
    2·
    11 months ago

    This would make it harder for French users to find an alternative browser, making even more people will stick to the pre-installed Chromium based one.

    Sad as it is, I think this is the optimal solution when it goes through. A lot of EU countries are against monopolies (France is not an exception), this way they would realize they are enforcing a monopoly and singular dependency.

    • BubblyMango@lemmy.wtf
      2·
      11 months ago

      They dont consider chromium based browsere a monopoly because there are over 10 different ones from different companies. The fact they are all chromium behind the scenes and all comply with google’s bullshit standards doesnt matter to them.

    • sab@kbin.social
      2·
      11 months ago

      I agree. If you give in to laws like these you have already lost; people will just accept their freedom being stripped away piece by piece, and government control of software will be the new normal. If on the other hand we reach a point where Firefox is illegal in France, it should be obvious to anyone and especially those involved in competition law that something is not right.

      France is on a bad spree lately, and honestly they need all the bad publicity they can get. I hope this backfires for them.

    • Meltbox@lemmy.world
      2·
      11 months ago

      Unless every browser ignores them. Then what they’re going to fine Microsoft, Google, and Mozilla and declare the internet illegal in France?

      It just seems so absurd I can’t take it seriously. There’s zero way to make this actually work. If they want to ban websites they’d have to go full China on it.