@danhugo WOW what a depressing read that was!
Echoes of Steve Balmer's view of FOSS back in the 90's.

This article is all that is wrong with the commercialisation and monetisation of the WWW.

Google just wants to push adverts and steal your personal data and resell it to marketeers at a profit.

Avoid #brave #chromium #egde at all costs. dump google search too.

Mind you, this still isn't a good excuse to use a Chromium-based browser.

And for all you people using Brave out there, well :corgi_wtf1:​ 🖕 Brave is run by this guy who hates queer people and believes conspiracy theories about Covid, so maybe don't use his shitty browser that's been caught injecting affiliate links.

Me: Please don't use Chromium-based browsers, use Firefox instead. Google has way too much control over the web because of Chromium and they'll be sure to leverage that in order to benefit themselves.

Chromium: Hey all, we're getting rid of ad-blockers because it's cutting into our record-breaking revenue! I mean, uh, we're deprecating Manifest V2 for, uh, security. Yeah.

Me: See? Please use Firefox. :blobfoxmeltsob:​

Mozilla: Hey friends, AI is really cool! *steps on rake* Hey friends, we're making an ads business! *steps on rake* Hey friends, we have a ToS with either the most nefarious or the most incompetent language ever! *steps on rake* Also AI is cool!!!

Me: ... :corgi_wtf1:​ I hate it here.