On Fri, Oct 06, 2023 at 01:27:14PM -0700, peter@easthope.ca wrote: > From: <tomas@tuxteam.de> > Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2023 17:39:20 +0100 > > I do disagree with much of what the Mozilla foundation does, and at > > the end, they see the world through ad-industry coloured goggles, but > > they are the last credible ditch we have. > > Considering how minimal Dillo is, it has worthwhile capability. I > wonder why addition of JavaScript isn't mentioned. I don't mean > compete with Firefox. Just display fewer blank windows and allow some > commonly occuring gizmos to work. Heh. I used Dillo long,long time ago. That time whence this whining of some Web pages comes from (some still have it!): "You don't have Javascript? Oh, you poor sod! Here, we explain to you how to switch it on. That's how nice we are!" > > You thought the situation with Microsoft and computing in the 1980s > > and 1990s was grotesque? It's much, much worse these days. The > > difference is that the monopoly watchdogs are fast asleep at the > > wheel these days. > > For sure ... > > ... but even dinosaurs weren't invincible. That's my hope, yes. A faint one. > In many areas, Europe is more progressive than N. Am. Any encouraging > developments there? Yes, there's GDPR, which went in the right direction. The giants of surveillance capitalism are making a mock of it, because they are massively better at that game. And, to be fair. the book on that was written by a person in the US: Shoshana Zuboff: "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism". I'm buying a second copy because I gave away my first one. Cheers -- t
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