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[–] opt9@feddit.ch 59 points 1 year ago (24 children)

Google controls way too much. People need to stop using their products. Many people complaining right now are still using Google stuff. If everyone concerned stop using Google stuff, that would cause them to reconsider very quickly.

[–] catathreniameh@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I still find it ironic that I use their products (Pixel) specifically to not use their products (GrapheneOS). Though in the past it was OnePlus with LinageOS.

[–] opt9@feddit.ch 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It is ironic, but the Pixel is good piece of hardware. So you discard the crap (Google software) and keep what is good (the hardware). That is the way forward. Discard chrome, keep Chromium or Brave for example.

[–] void_wanderer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm genuinely curious. Is it feasible that they maintain their own chromium forks, or will the work become too much if Google keeps inserting more and more crap into it?

[–] opt9@feddit.ch 3 points 1 year ago

There are already several projects based on Chromium that are very well established such as Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, and Opera. The project will continue just fine without Google if need be. If they all resist the changes together, Google will have a problem. I'm not expecting anything from Microsoft, but the others might.

[–] ElvenMithril@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] opt9@feddit.ch 2 points 1 year ago

Well I was referring to keeping the good that comes out of Google and discarding the bad. Firefox, actually librewolf is superior but has nothing to do with Google.

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