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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Doesn't work forever though. Used to be the same with Microsoft and Internet Explorer, but better things came along that were less terrible and not controlled by a single tech company throwing their weight around to push their own standards.

It'll happen again if Google restricts the extension store much more though. They've been attacking ad and privacy extensions for years

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

"leaks" about Google blocking ad blockers got me to switch to Firefox in October last year. Was worth the risk. Took the time to also leave googles password manager and switch to bitwarden as well.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are still websites that work on basic HTML 1.1, even under Windows 3.11 and Internet Explorer 5.

That whole 'nothing lasts forever' thing isn't because the changing internet standards, it's because companies and websites choose to adopt those standards rather than stick with backwards compatibility.

Granted yes, a lot of it has to do with security, Google's pocketbook security by shoving ads in our faces...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That whole 'nothing lasts forever' thing isn't because the changing internet standards, it's because companies and websites choose to adopt those standards rather than stick with backwards compatibility.

That won't stand true with Google I'm afraid. They adapt quickly. Meta is probably quicker than them, but doesn't have the user base Google has, so it really can't dictate that much.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hardly care anymore myself. I'm learning more and more about the de-googled internet and finding myself with even more options, like anonymous, shared, unlimited, protected cloud storage capacity that even works from IE5 in HTML1.1

Yes it's a series of hacks, not your everyday approach, but I'm doing my part to keep the old internet ticking and archived as best as I can, with terabytes of data archived and accessible even on ancient potatoes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I just don't have the time and the energy to do that any more. Too old and have a family now, which takes up most of my free time. The rest I spend here, on Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

As long as chrome is the default option on every or almost every android smartphone chrome will have the majority marketshare. People always mostly use the default.