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Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome (arstechnica.com)
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[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

But there are a few specific hardware configurations and specialized jobs that Linux doesn't work for, therefore nobody should use it!

[–] geolaw@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 years ago

My workplace is transitioning a bunch of their data and processing to the cloud. When I look at what software makes the cloud work, there is soooo much open source software there. Big business is quite comfortable with FOSS

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Why not be happy both OS options exist? Both have a place and a use and in various ways an ease of use

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's the point. We want options for OSs to exist, instead of one company monopolizing the entire market.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Linux with 100% market share can’t monopolize the entire market because it doesn’t have a centralized distro

You see similar to Google with Redhat/Canonical. If everyone was with them then it would be a problem

[–] s_s@lemmy.one 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Linux with 100% marketshare means nothing.

GPL is designed to protect developer rights, not user rights.

If google packaged your linux distro and sold it through the play store bundled with their own apps and sandboxed everything and called it chromeOS, your rights would not be any better protected.

Security and privacy involves users making informed choices to protect themselves, full stop.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago

And as long as Chrome OS didn’t have majority market share it would be fine

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 years ago

What use is there for the others?