You gotta explain this one, that parable doesn’t fit the situation in the way it’s typically used
Google dropping ublock origin represents a flawless David vs Goliath victory for its developer
Submitted 2 months ago by octopus_ink@lemmy.ml to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
This is clearly about all the youtube advertisement changes lately. I’ve not seen a single one on FF with Ublock, no slowdown, no nothing. He was (as I understand it) making changes as needed to stay ahead of or abreast of them.
He beat them. They didn’t crush him with their technical prowess and all their genius engineers, they didn’t find a way to legally challenge him (I’m sure they had their lawyers working on it), they didn’t find a way to outmaneuver him, the only thing they could do is ban his extension from being used on their browser. Because they literally could not force their shit down our throats as long as we were using it.
So I guess, maybe not a beat for beat fit for the parable, but he’s very much the little guy, and they very much are the gigantic IT megacorp, so I think it was a glorious victory.
BearGun@ttrpg.network 2 months ago
I’d call it a pyrrhic victory at best. It’s like if Ukraine got Russia to use their nukes on them and there was no response from the rest of the world. Sure, you got them to use their strongest weapon, but you still got nuked and they’ll continue as usual.
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Fair enough :)
Thanks for your perspective and time in the response
AtHeartEngineer@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Switch to firefox
octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Never stopped using it in the first place. :)
SirSamuel@lemmy.world 2 months ago
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Auli@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Which we’ll soon be a paid browser if the US breaks up Google and they can’t send any money to Firefox anymore.
jasep@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You may want to educate yourself before spreading unnecessary FUD. Firefox is free and open source, and always has been. There’s no danger in Firefox becoming a paid browser because even if they tried, it would just be forked and maintained by another community or group.
Mozilla does have a for-profit arm called the Mozilla Corporation, and they manage the money received from Google and others. But that doesn’t mean Firefox is going to become paid even if Google gets broken up by the antitrust efforts of the US government.
haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 2 months ago
Although thats probably not whats going to happen if google gets broken up but I‘ll still happily pay for firefox just for the sake of breaking up google.
Death to megacorporations.
JonnyRobbie@lemmy.world 2 months ago
honestly? Id pay for it
BobGnarley@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Eh, I would think that if they’re under fire for being a monopoly any non monopolistic actions like funding their rivals will be pretty well received.
rickdg@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This might be a best case scenario. It won’t happen, Mozilla has been turned into a corporate funds receiver for years. That CEO compensation doesn’t pay for itself. Imagine paying for actual software engineering work.
olicvb@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
worst case scenario, I download a pirated copy ¯_(ツ)_/¯ (though before that i’ll prob. just switch to LibreWolf)
ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
These guys are the real winners in all this
Engywuck@lemm.ee 2 months ago
No.
10_0@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Up to you