The state of the internet 2023 : memes

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 192 points 2 years ago (12 children)

For the millionth time, Stallman was right.

[–] kevin@programming.dev 111 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yep, you send me html, my browser can interpret it any way that I want it to. If I want to ignore all of the image and script tags, I can. I don't need Chrome or even Chromium. As Stallman says, you should know what is running on your system.

[–] baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 49 points 2 years ago (9 children)

We need to go back to html and css. Using an ad blocker and noscript literally breaks webpages. I just want to read the article! You know the content ppl actually come for

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[–] Zinggi57@lemmy.world 172 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (13 children)

I think a lot of people here don't understand the danger of this fully and dismiss it with "Just use Firefox, problem solved".
Unfortunately, once this becomes widely available, that is once Chrome ships it, websites will start to use it.
Maybe Amazon will just not sell to you anymore when you're browsing with Firefox?
Maybe YouTube wont serve any videos if you're using Linux?
Your bank will certainly implement this and only allow Windows 11 with Edge or some shit like that.
Once this is implemented, we will all suffer, even if we're using better alternatives right now.

[–] Ushi@sh.itjust.works 92 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Your bank will certainly implement this

My brother in Christ, it was 2020 before my bank supported passwords longer than 8 characters. We have 30 or 40 years before we need to worry about the banks.

[–] vaultdweler13@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Some banks are still running windows 98 internally, admitedly so long as said system isnt connected to the internet it should be fine.

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[–] nicman24@kbin.social 146 points 2 years ago (22 children)

Stop using chrome. Yes brave is chrome

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[–] IntentionallyAnon@lemm.ee 103 points 2 years ago (2 children)

DRM is stupid because it interferes with paying customers and isn’t effective. If there’s a will there’s a way

[–] AndreyAsimow@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I guess we have to get a subscription on top of our monthly internet bill to use the internet.

[–] Tak@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 years ago

Can't wait to have to subscribe to everything and they'll still sell my data

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[–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 78 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (16 children)

Just use Firefox, Mozilla already put their stance forward as opposing this garbage

Firefox is faster than chrome anyway nowadays.

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[–] fabio1@lemmy.world 70 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Google in 2004: don’t be evil Google in 2023: turns into Dr. Evil

[–] Shurimal@kbin.social 28 points 2 years ago

Something-something die as a hero or become the villain.

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[–] Andrew15_5@mander.xyz 69 points 2 years ago (7 children)

API changes*

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 97 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

No no, they changed their beer. I hear they added more hops to it.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Changing a beer to an IPA is actually a pretty good analogy, according to this beer lover who doesn't like overly hoppy ones..

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[–] artaxthehappyhorse@lemmy.ml 65 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Ah yes, 2023. The year I wore a pirate hat and touched more grass. Soon they'll be bribing the govt to make going outside illegal.

[–] lunicoDee@feddit.it 27 points 2 years ago

Soon they'll be bribing the govt to make going outside illegal.

That was 2020

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[–] jungekatz@lemmy.world 63 points 2 years ago (14 children)

One more time if anyone says that capitalism breeds innovation we need to show them this ¡!

[–] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 43 points 2 years ago (5 children)

restricted capitalism does that. regular capitalism makes monopoly.

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[–] bric@lemm.ee 30 points 2 years ago

This is innovation though, an internet wide DRM would be quite an impressive technical feat. It's just not innovation built to benefit you and me, it's built to benefit Google's true customers, advertisers

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[–] 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com 55 points 2 years ago

"What's internet? It it like Googlenet but worse?"

-Some kid in the future

[–] Chatotorix@lemmy.world 50 points 2 years ago (16 children)

Like, seriously, went through the last 10 years spending a good chunk of my day on Twitter and Reddit using Chrome, and suddenly I'm on Lemmy/Mastodon on Firefox.

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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 40 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wait, Google's doing what now?

[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 75 points 2 years ago (4 children)

They want to implement a "feature" so websites only load for you, if your browser, OS and hardware are deemed "trustworthy" aka you load every ad and malware that the website wants to shove down your throat.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh God... I think I'm going to be sick. It's too easy to see how you could weaponize this against dissenters.

Don't like something about our product? Have fun being banned from the internet!

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 25 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Not even dissenters, just people in general. That's why they're likening it to DRM. Run something nonstandard on your system (ie Linux)? Get with the program. It's a continuation of "you don't own anything, use it how we want you to use it or don't use it at all."

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[–] Dekthro@lemm.ee 39 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Plus the paid streaming services adding ads back in and they are all the SAME fucking ads?

🎶 Do what you want because a pirate is a free, you are a pirate! 🎶

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[+] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 39 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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[–] chanchard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Does anyone else think that maybe this may cause a shift back to times before internet

[–] RhetoricalOrator@lemmy.world 57 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Honestly, reddits API change was an awful thing to do but my phone usage has plummeted since then. I've been trying Lemmy but it's not been an easy 1:1 replacement and I find myself not engaging or feeling so invested in conversations and content as much.

That works in my favor, though, because I really have been spending way too much time looking at screens anyway.

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[–] AndreyAsimow@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why watch the news when you can learn everything from memes

[–] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

I hadn't heard of the YouTube thing. Doesn't matter because I don't use it, but it's still outrageous.

I am willing to watch an ad or two every 15 minutes, so long as they are no more than a minute total of wasted time. This ultra-monetization crap where it's a minute and a half every 5 minutes is why people use AdBlockers and pirate media.

Be reasonable as a business, and you'll get a reasonable response. Flood my free time with ads, and you get AdBlock and piracy.

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[–] kek_w_lol@lemmy.one 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

We'll make out own internet! With blackjack and hookers!

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[–] sirico@feddit.uk 27 points 2 years ago

Dyslexic's being attacked by that font

[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 25 points 2 years ago (5 children)

The rulers figured out the internet is too dangerous to their power. They thought they could control it and us, and they did for a long time, but it's not working anymore. Now they are cracking down on our ability to communicate, to prevent ideas from spreading and taking hold that they cannot tolerate.

[–] ImOnADiet@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 2 years ago (9 children)

? They’re just following the end game of capitalism, they’re trying to squeeze every last bit of profit out of the internet that they can, it has nothing to do with the internet “threatening” power, they already took care of that with all of the spying laws they passed when the internet started getting popular

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[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (3 children)

For those interested in actively opposing this - the following blog offers some advice on how to do so.

https://blog.yoav.ws/posts/web_platform_change_you_do_not_like/

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[–] raidenfox@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 years ago

tbh I'm just tired of all of this, we can't have nice things, ever... Every fucking thing in this world is being swallowed by corporate greed. Every service there's a catch, and I'm getting mad with it, things aren't made to serve their purpose, they only exist to make money and more money for people who already have infinite money, it's frustrating. Things need to change or everything is going to collapse... fuck companies, fuck billionaires, fuck stocks, fuck all of this

[–] Admax@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

Honestly this is just depressing. And a little scary ?

Corporate greed is taking new heights and the things we took for granted are being taken away. It is all so dystopic...

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