50 U.S. states and territories announce broad antitrust investigation of Google

Re:50 U.S. states and territories announce broad antitrust i... by dmitrygr on Monday September 09, 2019 @04:11PM (#20921929)

As a user:

1. xmpp sucks for battery life. extensions to improve it exist but are optional. xmpp-free hangout was free to improve battery use

2. if i made money selling ads and someone used my content for free & ripped out the ads, i would deny them access too. If they had 0.01% of marketshare, i also would not prioritize making a custom app just for them either

3. GOOD! i do not want to make extra clicks when i do not need to.

4. ok, this is a dick move, i admit

5. having worked at google and seen how things work in there, i am 100% sure this is not a top-down "break firefox whenever possible" directive but just normal shortage of engineering effort and too many things prioritized higher than "make shit work in firefox"

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Re:50 U.S. states and territories announce broad antitrust i... by icebraining on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @04:46AM (#20926241)

I find the antitrust angle weak, but XMPP federation doesn't require the client itself to use XMPP, only the servers among themselves.

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