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Re:US weighs Google break-up in landmark antitrust case by ledauphin on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @09:37PM (#41794680)
it's at the very least an evil plot to stop users (and extension authors) from _making their own decisions_ about the efficiency trade-off.

which is really just absurd when you think about it. I don't care about another hour of battery life, but even if I did, I'd be perfectly happy if Chrome just told me "hey these extensions aren't very battery-efficient!" and I got to make my own decision about that.

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Re:US weighs Google break-up in landmark antitrust case by shiroiushi on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @09:50PM (#41794721)
>I don't care about another hour of battery life

If you're stuck having to run a ton of shitty JS code with ad malware in it, because your web browser doesn't allow you to effectively block it, that's probably going to cost you more in battery life than the overhead needed by MV2 to block that stuff.

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Re:US weighs Google break-up in landmark antitrust case by mvkel on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @10:26PM (#41794894)
This just sounds like Hobson's choice. There's only one right answer, and Google is making it on behalf of the user. Fine.
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