Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin

Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by 50656E6973 on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @06:57PM (#18974183)

Its not a free market

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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by dymk on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @07:00PM (#18974218)

Browser choice is most certainly a free market. Microsoft, Mozilla, and Apple all develop their own, and their browsers are not beholden to the same pressures as Google (i.e. to not block ads).

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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by bk_avalara on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @07:06PM (#18974262)

Except for the Microsoft part, yes: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/12/06/micro...

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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by Bizarro on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @07:38PM (#18974510)

It's not a free market, so let's make it less of a free market by getting the government involved. That's the plan, right?

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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by Zarath on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @01:29AM (#18976154)

You, like so many others, are conflating "ideal" market and "free" market. Free markets do not always behave ideally, and ideal markets is really what we should be aiming for.

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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by 50656E6973 on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @01:58PM (#18981404)

Ehhh...you could probably just take away all the government protections such as patents and subsidies/tax breaks instead

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