cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6738148
The much maligned “Trusted Computing” idea requires that the party you are supposed to trust deserves to be trusted, and Google is DEFINITELY NOT worthy of being trusted, this is a naked power grab to destroy the open web for Google’s ad profits no matter the consequences, this would put heavy surveillance in Google’s hands, this would eliminate ad-blocking, this would break any and all accessibility features, this would obliterate any competing platform, this is very much opposed to what the web is.
It’s like everything is named ironically these days. There is nothing “trusted” about a device whose sole purpose is secure things against the person who ostensibly owns it.
What’s that, Google? You say you want me to switch to DuckDuckGo and Firefox? And you’re insistent that I do it? Okay, sure.
https://www.tomsguide.com/news/duckduckgo-privacy-browser-facing-backlash-over-microsoft-trackers
DDG is far from perfect. It’s like Brave. They like to make you think they’re all about privacy, when they’re not. I recommend you use Bing.
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(Joke aside, if you want privacy, use a search engine without logging in and use a VPN.)
duckduckgo actually has been pressured as lf late and no longer shows a true search
yandex is the new duckduckgo
i dont care if the russians know im looking for torrentz
what are you looking up that is safe in the US government hands instead lf Russia? maybe yoh live in russia
russia cant Arrest me lol
look up watch X movie online on DDG and yandex
you will see the difference
DDG now does not show illegal websites
Yeah, DRM has always scared away all the users. That’s why nobody adopted DVDs, that “Netflix” company failed to create a video streaming service, Steam never became a dominant game distributor, etc.
Most people won’t notice or care. Most companies’ customers will buy what’s advertized to them. It’s very dangerous to assume consumers want freedom, we need to fight for it, not ignore the threat due to naïve idealism.
I once worked at a software company where it took the frontend guys like a month to finally notice that common adblockers broke one of their sites (which didn’t actually have ads on it, funnily enough). None of them noticed because none of them used adblockers on any of their machines. When people like that don’t run adblockers, it’s not realistic at all to expect the average user to do it.
So Google wants to do to the whole internet what Spez did to Reddit?
Yeah, good luck with that.
This will be great, just filter me out from all ad content. I will not even need ad blocker.