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Re:Mozilla's midlife crisis: from web pioneer to Google's we... by frizlab on Sunday October 01, 2023 @07:29AM (#37724902)
One of the main reasons why I’m fiercely _against_ the possibility of having alternate rendering engines on iOS.
Re:Mozilla's midlife crisis: from web pioneer to Google's we... by 5- on Sunday October 01, 2023 @07:46AM (#37725004)
- don't fight evil with evil

- two wrongs don't make a right

- can't put out fire with more fire

etc. sorry for the lazy response, but too many exactly fitting idioms to resist.

Re:Mozilla's midlife crisis: from web pioneer to Google's we... by olavfosse on Sunday October 01, 2023 @08:04AM (#37725125)
Putting out fire with more fire works very well: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_burn
Re:Mozilla's midlife crisis: from web pioneer to Google's we... by louthy on Sunday October 01, 2023 @08:09AM (#37725154)
> can't put out fire with more fire

But can you put out a fire with Firefox?

Re:Mozilla's midlife crisis: from web pioneer to Google's we... by Ensorceled on Sunday October 01, 2023 @08:09AM (#37725150)
The idiom is literally “fight fire with fire”

Also, “the enemy of my enemy, is my friend”

Re:Mozilla's midlife crisis: from web pioneer to Google's we... by Sindisil on Sunday October 01, 2023 @09:48AM (#37725922)
Maxim 29. The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more. No less.
Re:Mozilla's midlife crisis: from web pioneer to Google's we... by stjohnswarts on Sunday October 01, 2023 @05:52PM (#37731248)
That doesn't mean what they're doing isn't to your advantage.
Re:Mozilla's midlife crisis: from web pioneer to Google's we... by marcosdumay on Sunday October 01, 2023 @11:58AM (#37727177)
> “the enemy of my enemy, is my friend”

That one basically never leads to anything good.

Re:Mozilla's midlife crisis: from web pioneer to Google's we... by Ensorceled on Monday October 02, 2023 @09:31AM (#37737842)
Well, none of these are “words to live by” so you’re not wrong.
Re:Mozilla's midlife crisis: from web pioneer to Google's we... by TerrifiedMouse on Sunday October 01, 2023 @08:59AM (#37725521)
What’s the alternative? If Chrome takes over on iOS too then what? Let Google unilaterally decide the future of the web?

Personal information extraction for ad targeting purposes will be on by default and eventually be made very hard to turn off.

New features that’s good for the web but Google doesn’t like because it threatens their ad business or they just don’t like it because of “not invented here” will die in the crib - see JPEGXL; Apple is trying to push for it but if Chrome displaces Safari that hope will be completely extinguished.

Now we at least have a choice …

Re:Mozilla's midlife crisis: from web pioneer to Google's we... by Y_Y on Sunday October 01, 2023 @09:16AM (#37725651)
> two wrongs don't make a right

but three rights make a left!