▲ 204 ▼ Google Chrome’s plan to limit ad blocking extensions kicks off next week (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by UngodlyAudrey@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org 44 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) So max 37M users possibly willing to switch away from Chrome should it not be available anymore. Not nothing. Anti Commercial-AI license permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] averyminya@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) 8.2% isn't nothing but I also wonder if it's worth anything to Google. That would bring Firefox from ~3.3% to 11.5% of the browser market share if everyone switched to non-chromium browsers. I just wonder if that's enough for anything. It's better than nothing of course, and for those users that switch there's almost nothing but benefits, It's more just that I have doubts about the willingness of the general public caring enough, and if 10% of people will have an effect for Firefox or against Google permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago IMO ~+10%pt just provide Google with a thicker armor against antitrust lawsuits. "Hey hey hey, can't sue us! We have a competitor with ~15% of the market! And we helped them get there! Look at the 500 million we give them per year!". If Mozilla wanted to be a threat to Google, IMO they could, but they'd rather pay their CEO 5M, fire a few hundred engineers, and spend a fraction of their Google money on Firefox. Anti Commercial-AI license permalink fedilink source parent
[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) 8.2% isn't nothing but I also wonder if it's worth anything to Google. That would bring Firefox from ~3.3% to 11.5% of the browser market share if everyone switched to non-chromium browsers. I just wonder if that's enough for anything. It's better than nothing of course, and for those users that switch there's almost nothing but benefits, It's more just that I have doubts about the willingness of the general public caring enough, and if 10% of people will have an effect for Firefox or against Google permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago IMO ~+10%pt just provide Google with a thicker armor against antitrust lawsuits. "Hey hey hey, can't sue us! We have a competitor with ~15% of the market! And we helped them get there! Look at the 500 million we give them per year!". If Mozilla wanted to be a threat to Google, IMO they could, but they'd rather pay their CEO 5M, fire a few hundred engineers, and spend a fraction of their Google money on Firefox. Anti Commercial-AI license permalink fedilink source parent
[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago IMO ~+10%pt just provide Google with a thicker armor against antitrust lawsuits. "Hey hey hey, can't sue us! We have a competitor with ~15% of the market! And we helped them get there! Look at the 500 million we give them per year!". If Mozilla wanted to be a threat to Google, IMO they could, but they'd rather pay their CEO 5M, fire a few hundred engineers, and spend a fraction of their Google money on Firefox. Anti Commercial-AI license permalink fedilink source parent