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If you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox now (www.fastcompany.com)

With the number of people concerned about privacy, it is a wonder why chrome is even popular.

Why you shouldn't use Brave Browser (www.spacebar.news)

Google raising price of YouTube Premium to $13.99 per month (9to5google.com)

Car dealers say they can’t sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout (arstechnica.com)

Google engineers want to make ad-blocking (near) impossible (stackdiary.com)

EU will require removable batteries from 2027 (www.consilium.europa.eu)

It had been in the works for a while, but now it has formally been adopted. From the article:...

Coming to you soon... (lemmy.world)

Microsoft Finally Realizes Nobody Wants Its Windows 11 Preinstalled Bloatware (www.pcmag.com)

The shady world of Brave selling copyrighted data for AI training (lemmy.world)

The most popular Chinese keyboard app which is used by more than 450 million monthly users sends every key typed to Tencent in China. (citizenlab.ca)

Vulnerabilities in Sogou Keyboard encryption expose keypresses to network eavesdropping.

Microsoft will let users uninstall Edge, Bing, and disable ads on Windows 11 as it complies with the Digital Markets Act (www.windowscentral.com)

First RCS now this, today has been wild

Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away. (old.reddit.com)

Streaming TV costs now higher than cable, as 'crash' finally hits (9to5mac.com)

It’s time for Americans to embrace small cars (arstechnica.com)

Welp that answers a lot of why all .ml are down (i.imgur.com)

very.bignutty.xyz/notes/9hf13it1ced3b2za

YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users (www.404media.co)

Firefox users are reporting an 'artificial' load time on YouTube videos. YouTube says it's part of a plan to make people who use adblockers "experience suboptimal viewing, regardless of the browser they are using."

X Races to Contain Damage After Elon Musk Endorses Antisemitic Post (www.nytimes.com)

IBM, a major advertiser on X, has pulled its spending from the social media platform, whose employees are grappling with what to tell its other advertisers, according to internal messages....

Elon Musk on X antisemitism controversy: “Don’t advertise. Go f*** yourself” (arstechnica.com)

Twitter/X removing the block feature (lemm.ee)

Advertising revenue in Twitter crashes by 50% (lemmy.world)

nuff said

It's never been a better time to switch to Firefox (www.androidpolice.com)

• Firefox offers better privacy and security than Chrome, with upcoming support for 200 new add-ons. • While Chrome dominates, Firefox gains ground with user-friendly browsing experience and open-source model. • Mozilla’s focus on user privacy and transparency challenges Google’s ad-centric approach, making Firefox a...