Chrome now directly tracks users, generates a "topic" list it shares with advertisers.
    • DrDeadCrash@programming.devEnglish
      16·
      2 years ago

      There are two things to consider here:

      1. Adherence to Standards
      2. Creating artificial “feature” based defacto standards

      Chrome offers adherence to standards as one of their features. But it also introduces new features that look like standards, meant to increase profits for the parent company.

      • oyenyaaow@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Chrome offers adherence to standards as one of their features. But it also introduces new features that look like standards, meant to increase profits for the parent company.

        VB.Net was exactly that. Difference being Microsoft’s interest was locking companies and governments onto Microsoft’s enterprise products vs Google’s user tracking. Easy, quick internal web app put together in half a day? Would never work right on Netscape. It takes work to make them work to standards.