Landslide7648
@Landslide7648@discuss.tchncs.de
- Comment on DOJ to ask judge to force Google to sell off Chrome, Bloomberg reports 4 days ago:
Breaking up monopolies is a good thing, and Google arguably holds too much power. Chromium is being used in 70% of browsers, and the decision how to implement and develop web standards are all in the hand of one for profit company, which had little interest in keeping things open and accessible (and private).
A quote from this Register article sums it up nicely:
What we are forced to assume in turn is that Chrome is built by the professional developers working for an ad agency with the primary goal of building a web browser that serves the needs of other professional developers working for the ad agency’s prospective clients.
- Comment on How your online world could change if big tech companies like Google are forced to break up. 5 weeks ago:
Only thing I use Google for is Maps, and by now that would be easy to replace.
- Comment on Should you trust that doctor? 5 weeks ago:
*u
- Comment on Schematic problem - It gets hot and smells like burning 2 months ago:
If you don’t mind me asking: what is this for? Is it a hobby? I have no idea if any of this, just somehow came across your post
- Comment on Apple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horse 7 months ago:
My iPad has 3GB RAM and honestly that’s enough. I don’t know what you do on your tablet, but for my everyday activities I have never felt limited
- Comment on Roku explores taking over HDMI feeds with ads 7 months ago:
Yeah, I got that. What I wanted to express is that likely the opposite would happen. People just want cheap shit and don’t care about enshittification.
- Comment on Roku explores taking over HDMI feeds with ads 7 months ago:
From the article:
These days, TV makers hardly make any money with their physical products. Roku’s FY 2023 earnings report shows that the company lost $44 million on the sale of smart TVs, streaming players and other devices in 2023. What brings in the bacon are ads and services; Roku generated a gross profit of nearly $1.6 billion with this business segment.
- Comment on Moderna’s mRNA cancer vaccine works even better than thought 10 months ago:
I doubt that this vaccine will be covered by European health insurance providers if it costs a lot.