Google backtracks on Chrome modifications that would have crippled ad blockers
Every year Stallman sounds less crazy. I used to think it didn't matter what tools I chose as a lone developer making consumer tech products and DSP audio applications. But over time, I saw that consumers rely on frontier-makers more than you think, even though they may lag behind by a few years.<p>I reluctantly switched to Firefox because it still has add-ons and since Chrome's web tools are so good. With Mozilla's Rust adoption, Firefox got <i>fast</i>. This means my web products work a little better on Firefox, intentional or not. When enough people make that choice, a tipping point forms in the future. Paul Graham wrote about this in "The Return of the Mac" [^1].<p>Don't underestimate the power of your choice at the frontier, even if it takes a while to reverberate through time.<p>[^1]: <a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/mac.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.paulgraham.com/mac.html</a>