looks like rendering adblockers extensions obsolete with manifest-v3 was not enough so now they try to implement DRM into the browser giving the ability to any website to refuse traffic to you if you don't run a complaint browser ( cough...firefox )
here is an article in hacker news since i'm sure they can explain this to you better than i.
and also some github docs
not @yoz, but it's totally possible to avoid Google.
iPhone, just another web mail provider, OpenStreetMaps, DuckDuckGo, and whatever else I need I host myself on my Synology.
I use Google at work because I have to, but otherwise it stays out of my life.
I have tried OSM but their public transportation route calculator is way more clunkier than Google Maps sadly.
iPhone ain't the way to go if you care about security or privacy, sadly. Buying a Pixel and putting a different OS on it is.
Guess what company makes the Pixels? You're still helping them if you buy.
Apple isn't the way to go though, so your options are Pixels (with a different OS) or no phones if you truly care about your privacy.
Haven't ever suggested Apple. I'm just saying that (or anything) doesn't justify the answer being a Pixel from Google of all companies.
There's lots of Linux phones going around.
Yeah so you use an iPhone. Apple. Fantastic. A trillion dollar company. It never svuses it's Power. So all android users shall move to apple. C'mon now.
I find dick dick go gives horrible search results. So you basically just use all apple products instead
It’s not the promised land of open source and free software. But at the very least they have a business model that does not consist of selling all my data to the highest bidder.
I think that much we can acknowledge.
Now, will they comply with law enforcement, usually yes. That’s part of running a company, and that’s a good thing. But what do you expect? Some medium sized free software company (because to sell hardware you need a company) that does not comply with law enforcement?
That’s raising expectations to unfulfillable levels. Are you a forever unsatisfiable grievance-monger?
Sorry to hear that DuckDuckGo doesn’t work for you. Maybe you gotta use Google instead because there just is no alternative.
Apple does though. Just not as much as google.
Google is an ad company. It has other products but at the end of the day it's just a bloated as company. Apple isn't.
https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-france-ads-fine-illegal-data-1849950163
Apple still uses that data and I think it pretty much has to sell it to use it.
I think there definitely things we can do as consumers. Force companies to be transparent and make sure they encrypted all data so it's less dangerous to its users. Same procedure for data collection for research.
Ive been moving to brave but now I've just moved everything over to Firefox now. I will try out duck duck. Didn't they recently get in trouble for selling data.
I'm in the Google ecosystem and use a pixel phone. I'm very google. I used to love company but I was young and naive. I hate apple with a passion so I'm kinda screwed either way.
I can go live in a cave and not use any devices and it would make zero difference to these companies. So it's really just for my own.
I use Google photos. I pay for extra space. I'm sure there are plenty I can move to but if it disappears then I'll lose everything. Big risk.
I have Gmail/ Hotmail. If there's a new email I can use that's easy and works then I can move. Unfortunately a huge issue that we all will have will be changing emails for hundreds of accounts. 2fa set ups and accounts and all sorts.
Does Android Auto run on third party stuff. Maps I need for work and just life in general.
You can't possibly believe that.
I expect my encrypted data to remain encrypted and out of the laws hands.