I'd wanted to share this news in the Privacy browser for Debian as a Chrome divestment would likely affect some of the issues raised there.
The regulatory process is consistently slow as ever, being that we techies could see this monopoly clear as day almost a decade ago. And they are only just now getting around to actioning anything.
Being that civic functions are now (for better or for worse) tied to the usage of such software, it would make sense for there to be a reference implementation published by governmental bodies. Commercial browsers that wish to connect users to civic functions; court attendance, tax payment, registrations, etc, should adhere to the publicly posted spec. I say this as somebody who normally shudders at the idea of government involvement in anything tech.
On the Debian side of things, I would welcome the addition of any feature complete browser beside the likes of Chromium and Firefox ESR. That is if this breakup would translate into the spawning of new open source, feature complete, independent browsers at all.
The regulatory process is consistently slow as ever, being that we techies could see this monopoly clear as day almost a decade ago. And they are only just now getting around to actioning anything.
Being that civic functions are now (for better or for worse) tied to the usage of such software, it would make sense for there to be a reference implementation published by governmental bodies. Commercial browsers that wish to connect users to civic functions; court attendance, tax payment, registrations, etc, should adhere to the publicly posted spec. I say this as somebody who normally shudders at the idea of government involvement in anything tech.
On the Debian side of things, I would welcome the addition of any feature complete browser beside the likes of Chromium and Firefox ESR. That is if this breakup would translate into the spawning of new open source, feature complete, independent browsers at all.
Statistics: Posted by Uptorn — 2024-11-21 15:39
