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Re:Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill ... by strken on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @02:53PM (#23170327)
I agree to some extent, e.g. the pocket integration and Mozilla burning cash on things that aren't related to Firefox, but Chrome's decision to limit/break key adblocking APIs across their whole ecosystem is much worse. I'd be willing to ignore almost any number of removed extensions to continue using a browser that's not owned by a glorified adtech company.
Re:Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill ... by smnthermes on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @07:51PM (#23173293)
Browser extensions are going to be turned into a web standard, and W3C is controlled by Google, so Firefox will probably lose its adblocking API: http://browserext.github.io/
Re:Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill ... by skinnymuch on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @02:56PM (#23170362)
What do they burn cash on? They’ve mostly stopped Phone stuff right? Is there other stuff?
Re:Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill ... by strken on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @03:26PM (#23170745)
Some of the previous discussion when they had layoffs earlier this year: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22057737