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Re:A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web S... by CharlesW on Saturday October 12, 2019 @11:11AM (#21233744)
> Hold on I'm going to pick the one that's marginally faster and more ram efficient...

In both cases, people are choosing products because they're better. "Better" for most favors properties of the product. "Better" for you favors the politics of the product. Both are completely valid approaches.

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Re:A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web S... by okcando on Saturday October 12, 2019 @11:57AM (#21234114)
Eeeehhh... He's arguing for principles and I'm not comfortable with the claim that not having principles is every bit as valid as having them.
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Re:A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web S... by Godel_unicode on Saturday October 12, 2019 @12:33PM (#21234372)
It's a pretty big leap from someone not sharing your exact principles to them not having principles at all.
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Re:A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web S... by okcando on Saturday October 12, 2019 @12:38PM (#21234420)
I'd say that's a pretty uncharitable reading of my comment! That wasn't intended, to be clear.
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