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The argument that browsers should stop trying to become an OS on top of the OS (e.g. webUSB) deserves better than this overly emotional rant. The browser that
by galonk 6y ago
The argument that browsers should stop trying to become an OS on top of the OS (e.g. webUSB) deserves better than this overly emotional rant.
The browser that has been holding the line in this respect, Safari, is dismissed without explanation.
- m463 6y agoMobile safari has intimate links into the OS, intercepting links and sending them to apps, and no real ability to filter content. (content blockers are opt-out - and you have no ability to even know what is loading)
- sthnblllII 6y agoBrowsers should be linked to the OS. The problem is that Google is trying to replace your OS with Chrome so they can track everything you do. Apple has resisted implementing a lot of bad stuff Google is trying to push, and made serious, if insufficient, attempts to stop tracking.