A group of Google engineers has proposed a new Web API that threatens to uproot the work of apps and browsers if they interfere with its ad business. Will the open Web survive?

  • CaptObvious@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    The thing is, this doesn’t even sound safer. It just sounds like a power grab and protectionism.

    Oh wait. “Safer” for Google’s ad business. Now I get it.

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    2 years ago

    It’s easier to manage a prison than a forest.

    I for one would prefer to run through the glades, and considering that I have violated no laws and committed no crimes I feel like my right to do so should not be impinged

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    2 years ago

    No doubt, Google wants to be the only gateway to the web and control it.

    “He who controls information controls the world”

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      2 years ago

      Google may be gunning for the post office next…

      When you control the mail, you control information.

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