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Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome (arstechnica.com)

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[–] Twitches@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

They ditched Phoenix because the bios manufacturer had that copy right. There's a whole story behind it.

Firefox in China is also known as a red panda

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[–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Ah, so that's the reason. I never bothered to find out. Thanks! Only 20 years later or so 😅

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[–] Twitches@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago*

Lol I only found out about a month ago. So I'm in the same boat.

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