Re:Firefox 72.0
by radicalriddler on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @04:55PM
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I feel like if a specific browser, ie. Firefox went down this path, it wouldn't take long until websites stopped supporting that browser. It'd take browser wide action to take on big players such as Slack imo.
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Re:Firefox 72.0
by IfOnlyYouKnew on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @08:11AM
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This is a common error people make. It’s transferring their emotions to inform what some (often companies or countries) should do.
In the specific example, it makes no sense for any single website to forgo, say, 5% of revenue to “teach browsers a lesson”, especially since any change would benefit them accrue mostly with their competitors.
See also: “Google/FB/... should leave the EU to protest these privacy laws...”
Unless a huge number of websites cooperate, they will all think it's useless for them individually to "fight the power".