• HollandJim@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    So is the only way around it to not use Chromium-based browsers? Or does it pollute everything??

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      1 year ago

      That will work until websites start requiring it. At that point browsers like Firefox have to either capitulate and implement Google’s DRM or become unusable for the majority of websites.

      And then we’ll have a web where the corporations have complete control over what you can view and how. Ad blocking and anti-tracking will be things of the past, and corporate websites will have a unique key from your browser to help them track you around the web. And no more hiding your identity behind anonymous browsers over Tor or VPNs.

      So we found out about this about 4 days ago, and when people objected they shut down people’s ability to log issues or comment on the GitHub repo. And now they’re already cramming it into their browser. This is strong evidence that Google knows it’s unpopular and tried to keep it under wraps as long as possible so they could get it into the browser before people had time to react.

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        Let them require it. Search engines like DDG should really begin maintaining their own index, and they should exclude sites that use the tech from the index.

        I can also see Apple taking a stand against this. They have a competing (and much more reasonable) implementation that respects user privacy.

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      No. The only way “around it” is to give up and use Chrome.

      Everything else will have to dance to Google’s tune to access any website that implements this, and that will at very least include Google’s own websites.

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        Okay then, then I don’t use it, stick to Safari and phone call anyone who requires me using their site with Chrome. Or I’ll go elsewhere. I’ve been down this road with IE before…