• nottheengineer@feddit.deEnglish
    33·
    1 year ago

    Now all we can do is convince as many people as we can to use firefox instead of putting up with this bullshit.

    • deweydecibel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      201·
      1 year ago

      It’s far too late for that, and it won’t work anyway.

      Frankly, this is where regulators are supposed to step in. They won’t, but if it were working as it was intended to work, they’d have stepped in long before now.

      • doppelgangmember@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        This will probably be another case of the European Union having to save our (the U.S. and others) collective asses from corporate overreach.

      • CrypticCoffee@lemmy.mlEnglish
        8·
        1 year ago

        Waiting for government to act is a recipe for disaster. Governments react to angry people.

        I am under no illusion the challenge we face, but I ain’t going to roll over, I will keep pushing. Give up if you want, but telling everyone to give up and you choose to become a stooge of the oppressors.

        • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7·
          1 year ago

          It’s the only thing that has a chance of working. Us few Firefox users have no chance of weighing in the balance, we’ll just be cast aside. And the US won’t do anything, as usual.

          • spiderman@ani.socialEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            tbh i think other government bodies should follow UN too, as far as i know they have been the only governing body that voices concern whenever tech companies become too greedy.

        • Amju Wolf@pawb.socialEnglish
          7·
          1 year ago

          The EU isn’t some magical force that only does good for privacy. They had their own fair share of scandals and pretty much all regulations regarding privacy and data collection conveniently omit duties and responsibility for governments and such. They just realized that in an information age information is power. And they want that power for themselves and not some large state-like corporations. Which can be a win for us, sometimes, but it’s not a silver bullet.

          This in particular is actually something they might like, because it would allow them to ensure “safe” environment for … whatever they want. With convenient tracking and anything else should they desire so.

      • nottheengineer@feddit.deEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        With that mindset, nothing will ever get accomplished. As Louis Rossmann often says: We, the people, are who can change the culture and that’s what matters most.

        • macniel@feddit.deEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          No, Lobbyist that have money and “good intention” that influence governments are evil. Informed Government officials are actually capable of doing stuff for the citizens.

    • AvailableFill74@lemmy.mlEnglish
      72·
      1 year ago

      You mean the nonprofit company that is dependent completely on a contract with google to stay solvent? Ya, firefox will definitely never be pressured by google… Bruh