with the recent news about the things that were said about Google slowing down Firefox on purpose, are they doing this because they severily dislike Firefox/open source? :c If so, that wouldn’t make a lot of sense!!! Because Google loves open source too. I read they were doing this to stop adblockers, and well if you use Firefox without those, it can work maybe! I use Chromium and Google Chrome on Ubuntu u

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    If you don’t value your sanity, take a scroll through OP’s post history. 🤖🤢

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    They like anything that can generate profits for them, The point isn’t open source. If OSS can give them more benefits, they are 1000% happy to do.

    Say Chromium, yeah they OSS it, but also give them power to define web standards. Many sites would “advice” its user to use Chrome or Edge. Why? Because Chromium based browers had almost 90% market share. Why bother to make it compatiable with other browers? Then the Manifest v3 and Web Environment Integrity shit came out.

    They didn’t dislike FF particular, but anything that hurt their profit, as any for-profit company would do.

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    They simply love money. I don’t think they exactly ‘hate’ their competition.

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    A company loves utilizes and pays its employees.

    Google loves utilizes and contributes to open source.

    Love is not involved.

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    either you are paid by google to make accounts seem like real people behind them, and spread propaganda for google, or you are a young kid who has yet to grasp the reality of what google is telling you they do vs what they actually do.

    Do you think the tobacco producers are spouting how great their product is at giving folks cancer? you must be too young to remember cigarette ads, and how 9 out of 10 Dr.'s recommend a particular brand of smokes.

    Google wants your information, they want to sell you shit, that is all. They will make it easier to get that data, and easier to buy from them, but dont for one second think they give one ounce of a shit about you, or your life as long as you stay on their platform and spend money on them