▲ 1207 ▼ google is a prison and the enemy of FOSS, we really need an alternative (thelemmy.club) submitted 5 months ago* by not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world 164 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://chaos.social/@grote/116257002625921666
[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 13 points 5 months ago (1 child) This is almost what apples infrastructure is.... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Avicenna@programming.dev 25 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) The main difference is they (Apple) have been clear with their design choice since the beginning and they had their own market. Google is imposing this change on many users who did not want such an ecosystem to start with. But I suppose the market share of people who won't care about this will be large enough that they will survive, because they are a tech monopoly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Avicenna@programming.dev 25 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) The main difference is they (Apple) have been clear with their design choice since the beginning and they had their own market. Google is imposing this change on many users who did not want such an ecosystem to start with. But I suppose the market share of people who won't care about this will be large enough that they will survive, because they are a tech monopoly. permalink fedilink source parent
