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Allah to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago

It is essential to stop using Chrome. Under the pretense of saving users from third-party spyware, Google is creating an ecosystem in which Chrome itself is the spyware.

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It is essential to stop using Chrome. Under the pretense of saving users from third-party spyware, Google is creating an ecosystem in which Chrome itself is the spyware.

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Allah to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago
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It is essential to stop using Chrome. Under the pretense of saving users from third-party spyware, Google is creating an ecosystem in which Chrome itself is the spyware. Given Google's overwhelming presence in the browser market, this is unconscionable. We should all despise the ad-tech business, and have no sympathy for the companies getting whacked by Google's actions. But we should not permit one monopolist to replace them all. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/year-review-googles-corporate-paternalism-browser
  • @speff@disc.0x-ia.moe
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    8•1 year ago

    … strain on RAM resources? What year is it?

    • @anlumo@lemmy.world
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      The year where a browser can easily eat up 10GB of RAM.

      On my Mac mini with 8GB, just having Visual Studio Code open is enough to fill up the RAM. No other programs necessary.

      • @themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works
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        11•1 year ago

        A Mac mini with 8Gb of ram is sadly not an appropriate config for programming anymore.

        • @anlumo@lemmy.world
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          2•1 year ago

          I just use it for building and deploying to macOS/iOS. I don’t want to spend four digit prices just for that (I’m a freelancer).

      • @Kepabar@startrek.website
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        11•1 year ago

        8gb of RAM? What year is this?

        • @EngineerGaming@feddit.nl
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          5•1 year ago

          A lot of more budget devices still have 4 and 8 gigs. Not to mention all the older devices.

          • A Wild Mimic appears!
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            7•1 year ago

            yeah, but thats not an development environment (at least not an acceptable one for anything serious)

            • @EngineerGaming@feddit.nl
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              2•1 year ago

              Genuine question (I am not a developer): if you don’t use a bloated IDE, what do you need this much RAM for?

          • Bo7a
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            5•1 year ago

            Your WORKstation is for working. Budget devices are not for working.

        • @anlumo@lemmy.world
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          4•1 year ago

          The new MacBook Pro Apple just released a few days ago comes with 8GB in the lower two tiers.

      • @locuester@lemmy.zip
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        5•1 year ago

        It’s 2024. 32GB is a min requirement. I roll with 128GB because it’s a couple hundred bucks to never have to worry about RAM.

        • @anlumo@lemmy.world
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          Yeah well, I can see how you don’t run into RAM issues with 128GBs of it.

          • @locuester@lemmy.zip
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            2•1 year ago

            Exactly. If you’re a dev, you should too.

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