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Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by cblconfederate on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @12:07PM (#28381630)
Use any device on the web. apps are digital chains
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Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by dtx1 on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @12:08PM (#28381648)
browsers are apps. everything is a chain.
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Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by cblconfederate on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @12:10PM (#28381674)
you can find your web app in any other phone/tablet/laptop/desktop/tv though, it s not tied to a brand or to your credit card, and crucially competition is not regulated by 2 gatekeepers.
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Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by dtx1 on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @12:13PM (#28381731)
I'd rather trust FOSS Apps on Android then the random unpatched spyware infested browser on a smart TV. And given how firefox is dying a slow death at the hands of overpaid Mozilla CEOs there already practically is much less competition in the Browser space than the mobile space.
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Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by selfhoster11 on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @12:17PM (#28381810)
They are closer to operating systems in practice.
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