#FFmpeg to #Google: Fund Us or Stop Sending Bugs
A lively discussion about #opensource, security, and who pays the bills
FFmpeg’s libraries, such as #libavcodec and #libavformat, are essential for #media players and software, including VLC, Kodi, Plex, #GoogleChrome, Firefox, and even #YouTube’s #video processing backend. It is also, like many other vital open source programs, terribly underfunded.
https://thenewstack.io/ffmpeg-to-google-fund-us-or-stop-sending-bugs/

#FFmpeg to #Google: Fund Us or Stop Sending Bugs
A lively discussion about #opensource, security, and who pays the bills
FFmpeg’s libraries, such as #libavcodec and #libavformat, are essential for #media players and software, including VLC, Kodi, Plex, #GoogleChrome, Firefox, and even #YouTube’s #video processing backend. It is also, like many other vital open source programs, terribly underfunded.
https://thenewstack.io/ffmpeg-to-google-fund-us-or-stop-sending-bugs/

Google's Privacy Sandbox is dead. It was supposed to replace third-party cookies in the Chrome web browser, but Google scrapped that plan following years of pushback, and now Google is retiring most Privacy Sandbox technologies. https://privacysandbox.com/news/update-on-plans-for-privacy-sandbox-technologies/ #Google #WebBrowsers #Cookies #GoogleChrome #PrivacySandbox

Oh wow, Google is really sneaky with their AI Mode button on the new tab page in Chrome. Here's a very unintuitive way to disable it.

1. Open chrome://flags/ in your browser.
2. Look for "ntp-compose-entrypoint".
3. Switch to "disabled".
4. Restart your browser.

#chrome#GoogleChrome#AI#AIMode

Oh wow, Google is really sneaky with their AI Mode button on the new tab page in Chrome. Here's a very unintuitive way to disable it.

1. Open chrome://flags/ in your browser.
2. Look for "ntp-compose-entrypoint".
3. Switch to "disabled".
4. Restart your browser.

#chrome#GoogleChrome#AI#AIMode

After careful consideration and extensive financial analysis, I am hereby formally submitting a bid to @google to acquire the Google Chrome browser project for the sum of $10.00 USD (ten dollars).

This represents a significant premium over current market conditions and demonstrates my serious commitment to browser innovation. Payment can be made via Venmo, PayPal, or cash.

My qualifications/plans include:

• I have used Chrome before when i was 6
• I promise to keep the dinosaur game
• I will make it foss

This offer stands until end of business today (5 PM EST, negotiable).

#Chrome#GoogleChrome #BrowserWars#TechAcquisition #SeriousBusiness

After careful consideration and extensive financial analysis, I am hereby formally submitting a bid to @google to acquire the Google Chrome browser project for the sum of $10.00 USD (ten dollars).

This represents a significant premium over current market conditions and demonstrates my serious commitment to browser innovation. Payment can be made via Venmo, PayPal, or cash.

My qualifications/plans include:

• I have used Chrome before when i was 6
• I promise to keep the dinosaur game
• I will make it foss

This offer stands until end of business today (5 PM EST, negotiable).

#Chrome#GoogleChrome #BrowserWars#TechAcquisition #SeriousBusiness

What the fuck is wrong with #GoogleChrome / #Blink developers and their obsession with making the #web worse for everybody?

https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11523

We need to break #Google's dominance on the #web yesterday, and make it painful for them.