You're acting like they're gonna go out of business if they can't get their little statistics. Come on now.
There is absolutely no need for me to "prove" anything to anyone. No need whatsoever. It is my computer, and I have decided. It's as simple as that.
Why? Because I don't want it to happen. That's all there is to it. Couldn't care less what their motivations are. Couldn't care less how "justified" they are. I simply do not want data of any kind to be compiled and exfiltrated to anyone for any reason whatsoever, unless I explicitly command my computer to it.
> It’s important to note that, if you’re using a non-commercial license, you cannot opt out of the collection of anonymous usage statistics. We use this information to improve our products.
While web browsers have become essential operating systems for modern computing, most, like Chrome and Safari, are outdated or limited, and innovative alternatives like Arc have struggled to succeed. Where does this leave us?
What was telling to me is that even new media websites are using other CMSs or building something of their own these days. WordPress was almost synonymous with the online news media for a time. This is exactly the area where you need multiple authors, taxonomy, and other things you mentioned.
WordPress itself pushed heavily into ecommerce, because it was a more promising area. But at the end of the day, the fact both Automattic and WP Engine earn enough money from enterprise orgs doesn't mean the tech situation here is too different from IBM. Yes, it's big. Yes, lots of people use it. Will it define anything in the future of the web? Not really.
OP here.
I'm not arguing with this. I was to this scandal very early and immediately started collecting key pieces in a thread and informed a few close reporters who might have been relevant.
There are very good overviews out there, one I linked to in the very beginning. This post is about something else entirely.
The internet is one of my favorite inventions of all time. When nobody was watching, it emerged as a global network without borders, but now the governments are returning the physical borders.
Apple is hell-bent on standing its ground against any attempts to limit their control over the AppStore. As a result, they might see governments worldwide legislating their product experience, and the result will likely be far worse both for them and their users.
You know most of consumer apps everybody uses are closed-source, right?
What they'll likely do is start charging for their AI-powered subscription and make a business plan for teams while building some features for their collaboration.
Great argument, how people may or may not use a browser in the future :) What if instead we look at current reality, which is what I outlined in my previous comment?
> The current reality is that Google has taken over the Web for all practical purposes
In the anglosphere and averaged out globally, yes, this is true. But country-per-country, the stats vary wildly. Some countries have ~20% Safari usage, others have ~20% Firefox usage. Other countries like Germany for example has Chrome usage below 50%, which is pretty neat.
But yeah, if you're a Usaian, I could understand if "the world" looks differently.
In Europe, and since five years that Firefox is no longer part of the browser acceptance matrix for project delivery acceptance testing, that I have been part of.
