By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/07/2026Google also took the idea of a free/open browser and ran with it, rehabilitating some discarded Apple code and turning it into Chrome, the internet's most dominant browser - by far. 20/ 1161
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/07/2026Now, Google is nerfing that browser's plug-in architecture in a way that blocks all kinds of user-tunable options, including and especially ad-blocking: protonprivacy.substack.com/p/google-is-... 21/protonprivacy.substack.comGoogle is finally killing uBlock Origin in Chrome for goodThe conflict of interest couldn't be more obvious 1153
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/07/2026And Google has also announced that they're going to turn Android into an iPhone, making it both technically challenging and radioactively illegal for you to install software of your choosing on your own property: arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025... 22/arstechnica.comGoogle will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next yearGoogle says it's no different than checking IDs at the airport. 1164
