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Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024 (arstechnica.com)

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Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024::The "Manifest V3" rollout is back after letting tensions cool for a year.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Remember when government websites only worked on IE6, well into the late 2000s? I even remember Hillary Clinton proposing that government employees only be allowed to use Internet Explorer when she was a senator.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Anyone advocating for IE in the early 2000s was because the web sucked back then and IE could run ActiveX. Granted, thinking back, giving a web app direct hardware access did lead to a lot of security issues. However, and theoretically, if the software is clean (like internal government software should be), it was pretty powerful.

Additionally, I challenge your Clinton remark, and ask you provide a source.

As of my last update in April 2023, there was no record or credible report of Hillary Clinton, the former U.S. Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, advocating for Internet Explorer to be the only web browser used in government settings. Hillary Clinton's tenure in government, both as a Senator and as Secretary of State, did involve discussions and decisions about technology use in government. However, these discussions were typically centered around issues of security, information management, and diplomatic communication rather than endorsing specific software products like web browsers. In the public domain, there was no evidence to suggest that she made any statements or policy decisions specifically favoring Internet Explorer over other web browsers for government use.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I misremembered, it was when she was secretary of state:

https://www.theregister.com/2009/07/13/firefox_and_us_state_department/

I don't know what your quote is from, is it chatgpt?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

She never said it. She said,

Clinton responded with bewilderment. "Well, apparently, there’s a lot of support for this suggestion. I don’t know the answer. Pat, do you know the answer?" she said, turning to under Secretary Pat Kennedy.

Clearly pushing the issue to the other guy, because it’s not her fucking job.

Fuck Hillary, but get your facts right or go back to Truth Social where you came from.