▲ 1403 ▼ Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by teft@startrek.website to c/technology@lemmy.world 356 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Plot twist: Bitwarden on desktop is Chromium browser based. Still can be used in FF as plugin. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Good to know! I've never installed bitwarden desktop and always used the Firefox extension. I just recently found out that Bitwarden has a desktop app. I was thinking of trying it out, until I read your comment. I think I'll just stick with the extension. Thank you for your TED talk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 6xpipe_@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago There's nothing special about it. It's just the extension in a larger format. I've tried to use it a few times, but there's no gain over the extension. And, typically the extension is better because I already have my browser open, so I don't need to open a new app. permalink fedilink source parent [–] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Pretty much every web-app wrapped into a desktop environment uses Electron, which is based in Chromium. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Avoid webapps ported to desktop, noted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 2 points 2 years ago Unless you can run them over Firefox, using this for example permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Good to know! I've never installed bitwarden desktop and always used the Firefox extension. I just recently found out that Bitwarden has a desktop app. I was thinking of trying it out, until I read your comment. I think I'll just stick with the extension. Thank you for your TED talk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 6xpipe_@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago There's nothing special about it. It's just the extension in a larger format. I've tried to use it a few times, but there's no gain over the extension. And, typically the extension is better because I already have my browser open, so I don't need to open a new app. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 6xpipe_@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago There's nothing special about it. It's just the extension in a larger format. I've tried to use it a few times, but there's no gain over the extension. And, typically the extension is better because I already have my browser open, so I don't need to open a new app. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Pretty much every web-app wrapped into a desktop environment uses Electron, which is based in Chromium. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Avoid webapps ported to desktop, noted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 2 points 2 years ago Unless you can run them over Firefox, using this for example permalink fedilink source parent
[–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Avoid webapps ported to desktop, noted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 2 points 2 years ago Unless you can run them over Firefox, using this for example permalink fedilink source parent
[–] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 2 points 2 years ago Unless you can run them over Firefox, using this for example permalink fedilink source parent