how would android or chrome have the funding for development outside of google? really weird plan to fix this, seems like there are going to be a lot of unintended consequences.
and the ironic part about this, it comes at a time when google is on the verge of being destroyed by new technology and their own enshittification. i haven’t relied on google search in years now, it’s so bad. some monopoly
as a senior programmer (with limited, valuable time), i exercise good judgement before wasting weeks on unused automations.
“measure twice, cut once” as the craftsmen used to say. or YAGNI
somebody failed to read the meme i guess, it’s literally right there
and by making driving less involved, we free up drivers to play on their phones while going 70mph down the highway. progress!
those transmissions are only better on paper. sure they could be theoretically better but in practice the transmission programming is to way over aggressively upshift in order to miser out a little more fuel economy on paper (but in practice they waste fuel)
~all of them, i would wager
there’s a delete button you can click right in your inbox, no need to waste time on that corporate hell-hole. trust me, they won’t read it!
sincerely- a guy who moved across the country to work for disney once and was let go a few weeks later because of the pandemic and their insanely shortsighted management
techdirt has been gold across multiple decades now. I’m really glad more people are starting to become aware of it!
she’s too proud for that