They intentionally choose to handle errors poorly.

Just like they intentionally choose to handle updates poorly, DON’T YOU WANT TO REBOOT FOR THE FIFTHEENTH FUCKING TIME AND LOSE YOUR SESSION WITH 29 PROGRAMS OPEN ACROSS 8 DESKTOPS WHILE RUNNING A RENDERING PROCESS?

Meanwhile, Linux: why yes, I’ll update the kernel in-place without rebooting and keep your 784 day uptime.

To be more fair, it should be way easier to use root on Android than it currently is, and it could be done without compromising security.

Like, I shouldn’t have to dig through mountains of unofficial documentation from weird sources, only to the find that, whoopsie, this method doesn’t work for your particular submodel of phone, you have to take this ultra-specific path that’s prone to issues and may not work. Oh, and make sure you backup your entire device, because rooting will wipe it and now you have to spend your entire fucking day restoring everything.

Like, just give me the option to enable root access somewhere in the developer settings. It can even be an obscure (but simple) process like it is to enable developer settings in the first place by tapping “about” a dozen times or something. Put up a half dozen warnings explaining why it’s “dangerous” for mortals to enable root for all I care, just make it work.

Microsoft errors be all like

Contact your administrator

Motherfucker, I am the admin.

Excuse me, but it’s GNU/Cancer

(sorry couldn’t resist, best of luck Stallman)

Your hot take is really just facts.

Do sunflower seeds give you a chubby?

Western Digital be all like

deleted by creator

And here I thought pansexual meant you really like cookware.

Because FrEe MaRkEt

That’s exactly what it will do. Don’t believe the bullshit in their “non-goals” section, they don’t give a fuck. If accessibility extensions happen to continue working (at least temporarily), it will be by accident, because they for damn sure aren’t going to spend even a second on compatibility.

If it’s something like a proxy server that pre-modifies the markup/code, then yes, I can see WEI interfering with that.

Such an abstraction, while unnecessary, should be possible, providing that Google doesn’t forcibly prevent access to the final markup that coalesces (ie.: view source and web dev tools)

Web dev here. It enforces the original markup and code from a server to be the markup and code that the browser interprets and executes, preventing any post-loading modifications.

That sounds a bit dry, but the implications are huge. It means:

• ad blockers won’t work (the main reason for Google’s ploy)
• many, if not most, other browser extensions won’t work (eg.: accessibility, theming, anti-malware)
• people are going to start running into a lot of scam ads that ad blockers would otherwise prevent
• malicious websites will be able to operate with impunity since you cannot run security extensions to prevent them
• web developers are going to be crippled for lack of debugging ability

These are just a few things off the top of my head. There are endless and very dangerous implications to WEI. This is very, very bad for the web and antithesis of how it’s supposed to be.

TBL is probably experiencing a sudden disturbance in the force.

we won’t ever ever keep your pictures and stuff for the juiciest possible marketing fodder, we super duper pinky swear

I don’t think you’re wearing shoes correctly.

I thought cops already had a system for that called “driving while black.”

BuT mACs ArE s0 pReTtY

Fucked.

We’ve already experienced the hottest three weeks in recorded history. It does not get better from here.

My laptop is about 10 years old and has the Optimus dual nVidia/Intel GPU’s, plus a DisplayLink adapter.