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"Web Environment Integrity" is an all-out attack on the free Internet (www.fsf.org)
submitted 1 year ago by salient_one@lemmy.villa-straylight.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/2546109

Read why "Web Environment Integrity" is terrible, and why we must vocally oppose it now. Google's latest maneuver, if we don't act to stop it, threatens our freedom to explore the Internet with browsers of our choice.

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[–] elscallr@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People who didn't live through the first browser migration (away from ie6) don't understand just how insidious browser lock in is.

[–] Kangie@lemmy.srcfiles.zip 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mosaic and Netscape would like a word.

[–] elscallr@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

In those days the internet was a curiosity, mostly untapped potential. It became a bit different in 2000 +/- 5 years, and started being a livelihood for most of the planet.