A month ago we wrote about Google effectively “pulling up the ladder” on the open internet by embracing age verification mandates as part of a regulatory approach to child safety. As we pointed out…

Meta Joins Google In Turning Its Back On The Open Web, And Embracing Unconstitutional Mandates That Pretend To ‘Protect The Children’::A month ago we wrote about Google effectively “pulling up the ladder” on the open internet by embracing age verification mandates as part of a regulatory approach to child safety. As we pointed out at the time, this is bizarre and stupid for a variety of reasons, but also not too surprising. It’s bizarre because…

  • kaffiene@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Google can do what it likes with Chrome, sure. What about Firefox, Edge, Safari and the others?

    • jmcsEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Edge is basically Chrome anyway, and Google proposes new web standards all the time.

      • kaffiene@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Yes I know about Edge. Brave is also based on Chrome but removes all the data gathering features they don’t like, so your observation is rather meaningless. Yes, Google proposes Web standards all the time. They’ve had proposals rejected all the time as well. W3C is not a Google dictatorship. Not by a long shot.