Re:DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome
by Pufferbo on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @03:44AM
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You literally can’t use your mouse to copy/paste in google docs if you’re using Firefox. If that isn’t anticompetitive, I don’t know what is.
Re:DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome
by freedomben on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @12:02PM
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As a firefox user, that copy/paste drives me insane, but I think you're making a logic leap here along with assuming the worst. It's very possible (and likely) that there are API deficiencies that break their ability to offer this when overriding the right-click menu. For example, Firefox not allowing javascript in random tabs from writing to the system clipboard.
You can still use Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V (and in fact the UI will (or at least used to) tell you that).
Re:DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome
by fluidcruft on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @10:23PM
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JupyterLab also doesn't have copy paste in right click menu. I figured it's probably a security feature (preventing malicious JavaScript from harvesting clipboard content).
Re:DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome
by sailfast on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @03:42PM
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It's funny how many "unsupported" browser features suddenly start working if you happen to change your User Agent header...
Re:DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome
by rafram on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @11:27PM
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Firefox only implemented the APIs for that a few months ago; Chrome has had them for five years: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Clipboard_A...
You're unwittingly describing the textbook definition of anticompetitive practices only made possible by abusing a dominant position.
> 2) how is it different to Apples integration with Safari?
Safari does not represent >65% of all web traffic. Also, there's the major liability of having a single ad company controlling the browser that the average internet user uses to browse the web.