This is Google

rastergrafx · January 10, 2019, 6:21pm

rastergrafx · January 11, 2019, 4:38am

Update on a previous story (expand to see said post):

Apreche · January 22, 2019, 11:18pm

Google is proposing some changes to Chrome that will cause a lot of trouble for Ad Blocking add-ons like uBlock Origin (the one you should be using).

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18973477

Firefox FTW.

Naoza · January 23, 2019, 4:13am

Feels good to have switched like… whenever the quantum update came out.

rastergrafx · January 25, 2019, 9:26am

This part is especially important:

In the case of WebUSB and WebBluetooth, it is opening the doors for sophisticated phishing attacks that could bypass hardware-based two-factor authentication devices such as some Yubikey devices.

Disable WebUSB
Disable WebBluetooth

rastergrafx · January 25, 2019, 11:49pm

YouTube finally does something right.

rastergrafx · February 1, 2019, 10:37pm

Does anyone remember that Oracle lawsuit from over a year ago?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yreBHJEKmc

rastergrafx · February 10, 2019, 1:20am

Read the whole thread. Also, check out the website at the end.

rastergrafx · February 17, 2019, 9:38am

panfriedmarmot · February 17, 2019, 7:13pm

TL;DR: keep using Firefox like I have for the past 15 years. Got it.

Naoza · February 17, 2019, 7:28pm

I recently ‘acquired’ a chromebook and quickly noticed I couldn’t access a shell or anything but google apps, even developer mode couldn’t get me apt.

One afternoon later I have firefox on the thing. I think it’s safe to say I’m pretty all in on firefox at this point.

I wonder if opera is still fastest browser?

Anyone tried brave?

Churba · February 18, 2019, 5:17am

It’s not really, anymore, but in saying that, there’s also not really a significant difference in benchmarks between it, Chrome, and Firefox these days, with Firefox tending to eke out a tiny lead by a tiny, tiny fraction in some benchmarks - but not enough to really matter.

Neito · February 18, 2019, 9:01am

That’s largely because there’s three rendering engines (soon to be 2, from the sounds of it): Chrome and Opera use WebKit, Firefox uses Gecko still IIRC, and the IE line used Trident. With the new IE set to be Chromium-based, it sounds like we’re going to be down to WK and Gekco.

Churba · February 18, 2019, 9:12am

Benchmarks for Edge were also pretty similar, but honestly I didn’t include it because I don’t know anyone who has used IE or edge for anything but downloading Firefox or Chrome for YEARS.

rastergrafx · February 18, 2019, 11:21am

Hoo boy…

Starfox · February 18, 2019, 12:49pm

Chrome has been Blink for years now.

DMLou · February 19, 2019, 5:36pm

To be fair, Blink is a fork of WebKit.

rastergrafx · February 22, 2019, 5:04am

Hey, you wanna demonetize a YouTube video quickly and easily?
Leave a negative comment.
Yep, that’s all it takes now.

Apreche · February 22, 2019, 12:52pm

At this point YouTube should just remove comments entirely.

SkeleRym · February 22, 2019, 1:10pm

That’s fine. That’s how it should work.

The ONLY person paying for monetized videos is the person buying the ads. They (rightly) have all the power. They don’t want their ad appearing next to youtube shitlords, child porn, weird conspiracy videos, or potentially the word “grapefruit.”

The people making the videos get no say, nor should they.