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al_borland ◴[] No.44545060[source]
Even if bigs exists to work around what Google is doing, that isn’t the right way forward. If people don’t agree with Google move, the only correct course of action is to ditch Chrome (and all Chromium browsers). Hit them where it hurts and take away their monopoly over the future direction of the web.
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pjmlp ◴[] No.44545382[source]
A monopoly achieved thanks to everyone that forgot about IE lesson, and instead of learning Web standards, rather ships Chrome alongside their application.
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brookst ◴[] No.44546268[source]
Consumers never really pick products for ideological reasons, no matter how galling that is to ideologues
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pyrale ◴[] No.44549198[source]
Oh no, instead consumers pick products because of advertising.

What an improvement.

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onion2k ◴[] No.44550612[source]
Consumers pick _largely_ based on cost and features, with a things like brand, ethics, and environment coming second. However, consumers can only pick an option from choices they've heard of. Advertising is about getting into the list (and influencing choice a bit by demonstrating the brand image); the product itself still has to a good choice for the customer to make a purchase.
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1. account42 ◴[] No.44557883[source]
> with a things like brand, ethics, and environment coming second

I don't think that's true at all - usually brand comes first and ethics are not even considered.

> the product itself still has to a good choice for the customer to make a purchase

Not at all, the consumer only needs to be made to believe that it's a good choice which is very far from being the same thing.