That literally exists for Flatpaks

Imagine thinking that there are no modern Services or Communication besides Apple and Google

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You call it dumbing down, which I understand, but how do you stop all the click-happy people from installing the next nefarious “game”, when they already have little to no chance to avoid email spam and SMS scams, let alone LLM generated “custom targeted” exploits.

That’s the neat Part, you don’t

Their choice, their consequences. There are enough warnings on the way there, they are free people and were informed about the risks

As an aside, I’m a long term (25+ years) Linux user and have used pretty much everything since the 6502 was part of the picture. In my professional opinion we haven’t begun to figure out how to do this in the desktop world

App Distribution via Flatpaks and Immutable OS are already pretty much there. Did you try a recent Fedora Version?

They do apply to Apps only distributed Outside Play Store and certain Approved third Party stores, did you even read the article?

Of course you can Install Asahi Linux on a modern Mac, and you can Sideload Apps too. Both Things which are Not possible on iOS without Major Roadblocks

I can Install on a Mac without any Roadblocks another Operating System, and I can Install Apps without the need for a Developer Account or a certificate unrestricted.

Otherwise I’m using GNU/Linux which also doesn’t try to “protect” me in the interest of some Corporation

Kebabs don’t dominate our eating as much as Burgers do in the US

Somehow No One needs that much Holding Hand or “Security” on the Computer, where No revenue streams of Google/Apple are affected

Wrong. Annas Archive doesn’t Accept Uploads directly themselves (at least <10.000), and they recommend STC too.

To upload academic papers, please also (in addition to Library Genesis) upload to STC Nexus. They are the best shadow library for new papers.

https://annas-archive.org/faq

Same

But there are a Lot of people Out there WHO pay 15$ for YouTube Premium, If you can get way better content for that Money elsewhere

Unless they monetize the wanted Features Like Ad-Blocking. 10$/Month for No Ads everywhere is a Deal that many people would probably Take. Sponsorblock, DeArrow, Video Background Player Fix, there are many QoL Improvements that a Browser Company might include to sell a Browser Subscription or likewise

The Reputation comes from people who have never tried it and are looking for an excuse why they don’t use it.

It’s Not more complicated than E-Mail

You can cancel Billing Agreements in PayPal. It’s quite convenient

Then they will Switch to another Browser, or there will be a drop-In replacement for Electron.

It’s Not that hard for the developers to Block Chrome then

How is Manifest v3, Fingerprinting and the proposed “Web Integrity API” not enshittification?

They would have gone even further with this, if Firefox wouldn’t exist. And Firefox is on life Support, because they can’t afford for it to Go away otherwise they would have the Antitrust regulators Breathing down their neck

but it’s hard to see any of them becoming well-developed and trustworthy for things like health data, government services, financial transactions &etc anytime soon.

I honestly don’t See the Relation to Chrome.

You’re suggesting that a PWA running on Firefox isn’t suitable for this?

No, not every company can afford to Bulldoze the competition in the Browser Market because they have indefinite deep pockets from the Ad Business.

If that unfair advantage goes away there will be more competition again in the Browser Segment .

Also Marketshare can grow and shrink quick

Google can Set Standards to their own Advantage, e.g. with regards to Tracking which reinforces their Monopoly on Things Like Ads, the Same reason they crippled all the AdBlockers with ManifestV3 on Chromium-based Browsers

And the only alternative that isn’t Chromium-based is Firefox. (Or Safari with WebKit). All other Browsers use Chromium

So it would be really good for everyone if they were forced to sell Chrome

It’s possible, but Not necessary. The Plugin includes a client