Mozilla has added support for Google's Play Integrity API, known for blocking users of custom ROMs from accessing banking apps, to Firefox for Android.
Things like Google SafetyNet have been equally obvious corporate power grabs, but barely got negative coverage from the tech press,
IMO, this might be b/c as tech spread into normal society, to everyday ppl, tech literacy has declined. On avg I mean, ofc there are still lots of smart, aware ppl. More than ever in raw numbers. But as a percentage, it’s less. Without a critical mass of people who understand the issues and care enough about them, big tech co abuses fly under the radar.
I kinda think that if MS tried Palladium today, they could succeed. Their power grab just came too early.
MS also tried to replace the open web with a MS proprietary technology. That also died b/c ppl pushed back. Today? They’d prob succeed if they said it was for everybody’s safety. “Oh… it’s for my safety. I guess that’s ok then.”
IMO, this might be b/c as tech spread into normal society, to everyday ppl, tech literacy has declined. On avg I mean, ofc there are still lots of smart, aware ppl. More than ever in raw numbers. But as a percentage, it’s less. Without a critical mass of people who understand the issues and care enough about them, big tech co abuses fly under the radar.
I kinda think that if MS tried Palladium today, they could succeed. Their power grab just came too early.
MS also tried to replace the open web with a MS proprietary technology. That also died b/c ppl pushed back. Today? They’d prob succeed if they said it was for everybody’s safety. “Oh… it’s for my safety. I guess that’s ok then.”
Honestly it’s that way with a lot of tech from back then. Bonzi Buddy got sued into bankruptcy for doing less than Facebook