I read the git history changes and while I generally think it’s somewhat of a nothing burger for savvy users, it is a scummy move that alienates their core user base at a moment in time where they were best positioned to expand their user base.

99% are already not using Firefox 😅. I assume a larger portion of the Firefox user base is technically savvy.

How would this work exactly? What keeps me from pieholing any telemetry or data Firefox tries reporting back to Mozilla?

You can opt out of the economy at any time, I haven’t bought anything besides locally grown food for several weeks. I’m in the process of divesting the money I have in stock into precious metals funds.

Nobody is saying it would solve the problem but it might make me feel a little better

Pretending that the law matters during a fascist coup is not productive.

I think they would still be open to civil liability, for services that compete with TikTok or anybody who could claim harm came from companies refusal to follow the law.

I don’t even think we need to wait that long, anybody with a product that “competes” with TikTok would have standing to sue Google, Oracle, and Apple for violating the law and causing harm to their business. The possibility of government penalties in 4 years is just the icing on the cake.

Okay now China just needs to not sell and then in April we can sue Google and Apple out of existence right?

But I’m on team meteor

Am I supposed to panic because it’s unlikely to hit? Meanwhile I’m out here wishing for death by meteor.

As an American I think it’s important to state the quickest way you can get me to boycott your goods is to capitulate to Trump.

Sharks are older than both trees and the north star

Maybe it’s the fact he is a convicted felon? The fact he was even allowed to run is a massive loss already regardless of the outcome. As far as I am concerned anything short of a massive landslide against him counts as a massive loss.