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Re:Chrome 77 Breaking Drag and Drop Events by senorjazz on Friday October 11, 2019 @09:15AM (#21224010)
> Bundling Pocket

Why is that a problem? I never got the furore over it. When it appeared, I removed the icon and just went about my business.

Annoying yes, but certainly not "shady". From what I understood / stand it was a mozilla app they included with the browser, not that different to how firefox comes with a bookmarks app.

Re:Chrome 77 Breaking Drag and Drop Events by ChristianBundy on Friday October 11, 2019 @12:31PM (#21225912)
It should be mentioned that it also adds articles to your new tab page, which is possible to remove but not easy for most people.
Re:Chrome 77 Breaking Drag and Drop Events by bwat49 on Friday October 11, 2019 @04:00PM (#21227883)
> it also adds articles to your new tab page, which is possible to remove but not easy for most people

It's two clicks.

Re:Chrome 77 Breaking Drag and Drop Events by ChristianBundy on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @06:11PM (#21264504)
Yes, if you're familiar enough with Firefox that you know where to click and are comfortable enough to experiment with customizing your browser. I don't think that's the case for most people.

It took me a few months before I realized that the page was customizable at all, especially since the triple-dot menu doesn't even show up until you hover or focus the element.

Re:Chrome 77 Breaking Drag and Drop Events by kragen on Friday October 11, 2019 @10:53AM (#21224947)
Originally it was a proprietary program from a for-profit company. That's why people got upset.
Re:Chrome 77 Breaking Drag and Drop Events by Crespyl on Friday October 11, 2019 @12:55PM (#21226164)
The server component is still proprietary and closed source, at least the last time I checked.