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And since you won’t be able to modify web pages, it will also mean the end of customization, either for looks (ie. DarkReader, Stylus), conveniance (ie. Tampermonkey) or accessibility.

The community feedback is… interesting to say the least.

  • zazaserty@discuss.tchncs.de
    24·
    1 year ago

    Ironically, these engineers are trying to make life more difficult for the average person. This shouldn’t be their job…

    • shutz@lemmy.ca
      7·
      1 year ago

      It’s why Google had to remove “Do no evil” from their motto. Too inconvenient.

      • Camus@jlai.lu
        1·
        1 year ago

        Bah, il y a bien des ingénieurs dans tous les domaines, maintenant…

    • Camus@jlai.lu
      4·
      1 year ago

      Leur boulot, c’est de vendre de la pub à des annonceurs, là-dessus c’est plutôt assez efficace

      • theangryseal@lemmy.world
        3·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, unfortunately.

        I wish there was a better model that people would be willing to embrace.

        It seems that for some services, requiring payment seems obvious, while for others it seems like an insult to ask.

        More companies would be willing to offer a system where you pay to avoid advertisements if personal data wasn’t worth so much.

        • Camus@jlai.lu
          1·
          1 year ago

          The model exists, but capitalism is still more appealing to a lot of people

      • rambaroo@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        All of these Google engineers could work anywhere they want. They chose to work for Google and they choose to continue working on projects that they know actively hurt others. They do share responsibility.

        I’m getting sick of devs acting like ethics doesn’t apply to them. The feds need to start heavily regulating tech companies, and they can start by breaking up Google

        Edit: had no idea I was posting on a French community, my bad