Your choice of browser matters — Google’s Web DRM and the open internet

https://grafcube.codeberg.page/blog/2023/08/06/web-drm-api.html

I wrote this blog post to inform the people I know who aren’t as tech savvy or otherwise don’t put any thought into their choice of browser. Another goal is to help get enough awareness on the topic and make sure it fails.

@opensource @privacy #webintegrityapi #WEI #google #mozilla #chrome #firefox #chromium #foss #opensource #OpenWeb #privacy #drm #nodrm #drmfree #freesoftware #browser

  • Sky Cato@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    “Sure, Chromiums code is available and you can modify and redistribute it. But if you want to send your changes to the main project so that more people may benefit from it, it is ultimately Google’s decision. This is the problem with projects that are not community-run.”

    Google is asshole. This shows than NOT all open source codes are free as in freedom. Stallman is right.

  • mishimaenjoyer@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    @grafcube it’s very important to push back against google’s browser hegenomy just like we did back in the day with microsoft because now it’s not just about one company controllin the software to access the majority of the web but the privacy of it.

  • Midas@ymmel.nl
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    Yeah I’m completely over to firefox now. I can’t help but notice firefox mobile is still a bit sluggish though but eh

    • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      Honestly the only issue I have with mobile firefox is how it refreshes when you app switch but I think that’s more of an android thing :(

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    1 year ago

    Good article actually! I think non-tech-savvy people will also appreciate some kind of TL;DR

    Edit: didn’t know Codeberg can host static sites, definitely migrating mine there from Guthib!

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    @grafcube @opensource @privacy Very good blog post. I use a fork of LibreWolf called FireDragon with all the settings I used to use on LibreWolf select including blocking fingerprint tracking, total cookie protection, and also multiple containers for sites. Cookies are only saved for sites I specify and the rest are deleted on closure.

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    1 year ago

    I am fairly tech savvy and I willingly avoid using Firefox because I despise Mozilla. Thank you for your concerns.