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Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by tjoff on Sunday June 14, 2020 @05:49AM (#23516369)
Yes, it is kind of weird to like a browser where the company behind it are actively working against the web when there are decent alternatives (arguably better alternatives) that does not contribute to a monopoly that we can not break.

Do you think IE6 was bad? Remember how long it took to get rid of it? Imagine a world where the monopoly leader doesn't just walk away from the browser (which is what MS did with IE6) but actively abuses the situation. It will be orders of magnitude worse. Say hi to amp. Say hi to chrome. Say hi to google. Say goodbye to the web.

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Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by toyg on Sunday June 14, 2020 @06:44AM (#23516641)
> Remember how long it took to get rid of it?

I suspect a lot of people in this conversation are not old enough to remember, even if they wanted to.

Maybe universities should have an obligation to promote nonprofit tools (i.e. Firefox) rather than shady commercial software that only happens to be gratis.

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