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Google tries to defend its Web Environment Integrity (techreport.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by 1984@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world

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I'm happy to see this being noticed more and more. Google wants to destroy the open web, so it's a lot at stake.

Google basically says "Trust us". What a joke.

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[-] donut4ever@lemmy.world 385 points 1 year ago

So, they can also block operating systems if they deemed them untrustworthy? So, if you are running Linux and some corporation deemed it "untrustworthy", you are SOL? What if you have a rooted phone? What if you are running graphene OS or calyx OS to protect your privacy? So, technically, if a site can't track you, they can just deem you as "untrustworthy"? This is fucked. We need to stop it at all costs.

[-] 1984@lemmy.today 178 points 1 year ago

Yes exactly. This is what worries me the most since I also run only Linux, and I can't imagine even being interested in computers anymore if Linux is not allowed on the web. That would be horrific.

It's 100% critically dangerous and must be stopped.

[-] donut4ever@lemmy.world 123 points 1 year ago

Yeah, this is crazy and need to be stopped. Google certainly need to be broken up, they are getting too powerful

[-] Alto@kbin.social 82 points 1 year ago

They've needed to be broken up for over a decade now, but that'd require the government to actually enforce antitrust/monopoly laws

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 29 points 1 year ago

The FTC is apparently going after Amazon, so I'd be curious to see how that goes

[-] Alto@kbin.social 26 points 1 year ago

Yup. It's the first FTC in a long time that's even tried to do their job. Really hoping they have success.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

If it goes anything like Microsoft's antitrust trial, they'll drag it out until they get a complicit administration to settle with.

[-] i_am_hiding@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago

It's crazy to think that a little over two decades ago, Microsoft was almost broken up for selling an operating system and a web browser. How monopolistic!

[-] joel_feila@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I want to live in the timeline whete Microsoft was borken up

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