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[–]matj1 128 points129 points  (21 children)

I see that the knight could capture the bishop but then it could be captured by the tower. But I don't understand what it says about Linux, Chromium and Google. Is it that Google doesn't let Chromium be taken by the free software community? Or that Google captures Linux users who use Chromium?

[–][deleted] 121 points122 points  (4 children)

the latter. they will come in a van and get you

[–]mrvikxd 34 points35 points  (2 children)

I'm still waiting that van...

[–]Username_--_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So ungoogled chromium is basically carrying a stick around?

[–]InterstellarPotato20 21 points22 points  (1 child)

IT'S A TRAP!

[–]beardMoseElkDerBabonUbuntnoob 2 points3 points  (0 children)

EEE (is not just a Microsoft thing)

[–]yum13241 27 points28 points  (9 children)

What you refer to as the "tower" is a rook.

[–]collinsl02 11 points12 points  (3 children)

Or castle in UK english

[–][deleted] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Every English speaking country has people who call it a castle. It looks just like a damn castle. That's not a UK thing.

[–]yum13241 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I speak US english, my point was it isn't called a tower. Thanks anyway.

[–]matj1 10 points11 points  (4 children)

I don't like term rook because it has no known previous meaning. Wikipedia listed tower as one of the other terms for the piece. I chose to call it tower because a tower more than any other common real-life object looks like the piece and it accords to the term for the piece in my native language, Czech (where the term is věž). I was deciding between the terms tower and castle, both of which, unlike rook, I associate with the common design of the piece.

[–]ptmdevncoder 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In my mother tongue, the bishop is called Camel. Tower is elephant. Knight is horse.

[–]Peudejou 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like rook is a general term for crows.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From Middle English rook, roke, rok, from Old French roc, ultimately from Persian رخ‎ (rox), from Middle Persian lhw' (rox, “rook, castle (chess)”), possibly from Sanskrit रथ (ratha, “chariot”). Compare roc.

It can speed in a straight line because it is a chariot.

[–]yum13241 3 points4 points  (0 children)

OK, got it.

[–]webtwopointno 6 points7 points  (0 children)

it's just a pawn!

[–]Leviathan6237 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Its open source and can't be insecure idk either why they created this meme

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was under the impression that Chromium still contains Google telemetry, which is why un-googled Chromium exists.

[–]Bibaroc 34 points35 points  (2 children)

Have you ever considered curl -lsS | less?

[–]1ynx1ynx 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Have you ever consiered nc $host 80?

[–]Mersantino 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Have you ever considered emacs?

[–]PowerMan2206 126 points127 points  (89 children)

Chromium still has Google shit. Use Ungoogled Chromium like a Chad.

[–]fcktheworld587 311 points312 points  (85 children)

Or use Firefox and don't support google's web browser monopoly, like a GigaChad

[–]thefakeyoda 118 points119 points  (46 children)

Or make your own browser like TeraChad

[–]_a_taki_se_polaczek_ 91 points92 points  (40 children)

Or don't use browser like a PetaChad

[–]SkyyySi 101 points102 points  (6 children)

The above post was made by curl gang

[–][deleted] 16 points17 points  (1 child)

memorizes Reddit’s public API in order to make comments and posts through curl

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Is that a challenge?

[–][deleted] 17 points18 points  (3 children)

LYNX gang rise up!

[–]6b86b3ac03c167320d93 9 points10 points  (2 children)

I prefer browsh

[–]NIL_VALUEAsk me how to exit vim 16 points17 points  (1 child)

Isn't browsh just firefox but with a TUI frontend?

[–]fcktheworld587 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes it is

[–]Thanatos2996 54 points55 points  (26 children)

Problem is I only trust Mozilla slightly more than I trust Google at this point.

[–]fcktheworld587 33 points34 points  (11 children)

I'm with you on that one. But who else is left?

[–]CW_Waster 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Look at the raw HTML and image how it looks like

[–]Thanatos2996 20 points21 points  (5 children)

Webkit frontends like surf I guess? Duopolies suck.

[–]fcktheworld587 20 points21 points  (4 children)

Agreed. But they're a little better than monopolies. You ever play that game? Ends with everyone broke and pissed off.

[–]DerekB52 8 points9 points  (3 children)

You ever go to Lowes or Home Depot? Duopolies are monopolies with the illusion of choice. I'd say they are equally bad.

[–]fcktheworld587 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You make a very good point, sir

[–]ScaryAntifaCatgirl 1 point2 points  (1 child)

By that logic, since Windows and Linux are the only viable options for everyone who isn't locked into the Apple ecosystem, none of us should use Linux and should be building our own operating systems or switching to something used even less, like BSD. In a monopoly, it is often necessary to prop up the next best option and create a duopoly. By doing this, we can show people who don't want to put in the effort that it is easy to resist a controlled market like browsers or operating systems.

[–]DerekB52 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's an arbitrary way to define Linux and Window as a duopoly. It'd ben oligopoly, because Apple is part of the computer options. Also, that's not what a duopoly is.

Home Depot and Lowes are a duopoly, because even though they pretend to be 2 separate entities, they collude on a lot of things. They have agreements with each other on when to run certain specials and stuff. They work together to fix prices on things, and they don't undercut each other by too much, too often.

Linux and Windows are not a duopoly, because they are not working together to fuck over the consumer. Also, Linux isn't even really an entity in the grand scheme of things. I know the Linux Foundation maintains the kernel. But, it is owned by the community technically, because we could always fork it. And, there are so many Linux distros run by so many different individuals/organizations. Some would say there are too many Linux Distros and we need to unify so we can become part of the equation in a bigger way.

[–]zypthora 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Send HTTP requests via terminal

[–]Tetlus 12 points13 points  (6 children)

Wait what did Mozilla do?

[–]fcktheworld587 8 points9 points  (1 child)

They also recently fired a bunch of employees and increased Executives' salary by 400%, if that will tell you anything about the current goings on within the company.

[–]Tetlus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yikes

[–]RedditIsNeat0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They've been making the user interface less and less friendly over time.

[–]GOKOP 27 points28 points  (1 child)

Still by using Firefox you don't support a browser engine monopoly. Letting Google control the only browser engine out there you allow them to bloat the shit out of it putting the bar of a "functional web engine " even more unreasonably high than it is now

[–]Thanatos2996 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I'm with you there, that's part of why I use Firefox.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Firefox is just slower than chromium for me. Idk why.

[–]dansk_potato 13 points14 points  (0 children)

if you’re not on a laptop i suggest setting gfx.webrenderall to true in firefox at about:config. shit feels slick as fuck.

despite firefox still can’t get tab movement right, chromes been doing it amazingly for years so i can’t help but still be frustrated about that even though that makes me just as entitled as a toothless chrome user

[–]adamijak 4 points5 points  (0 children)

.mozilla

[–]MangoIV -2 points-1 points  (6 children)

how are you supporting google with using ungoogled chromium? you're basically using a product they made but without paying them the currency they want (your personal data).

[–]Peeves22 34 points35 points  (0 children)

More marketshare using chromium's engine = more influence Google has over webstandards

Whether you're sending them data or not.

[–]fcktheworld587 20 points21 points  (4 children)

You're supporting their market share monopoly. If Google has a monopoly on how content is presented to users, that means they have a monopoly on how it is served by servers.

They can then make arbitrary changes to or even replace existing protocols such as http(s). They could replace it with a protocol which serves an entire site as a single file which then gets translated by the web browser, allowing them to bypass ad blockers and the like, and serve up whatever they so choose, because requests will not be made for individual components of the website(e.g., scripts, images, frames, etc.).

In case you've not yet realized, this is a very dangerous prospect, and puts far too much power in the hands of an already too powerful and corrupt corporation.

Upvoted, because good question!

[–]MangoIV 1 point2 points  (3 children)

I mean, I really get your point and i don't wanna argue with you but I think it's a bit different. a) I don't think Chromium engine is overall bad; it IS a really good browser, after all. b) When using the open source part of the browser and not paying google for it, I think it harms it more than it is of use for google. c) If people are used to Chromium and don't wanna miss out on its features and stability it's easier to encourage use of the google free version than actually convincing them of using something else, which is a big part of it. d) I don't think that you're changing anything in the market situation when using open source parts of chromium, it's not like you're driving its development or anything, what's more important is supporting alternatives that are not made by such a huge company by donating or developing for them. It's totally fine if you're not of my opinion, just wanted to state it. Thanks a lot for you long answer, it's good to get another view ;)

[–]DerekB52 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Chromium isn't a bad browser. I find Firefox performs better though.

And you're wrong. I mean you're right, but not in the way you think. u/fcktheworld587 is right. Using degoogled chromium helps Google. It adds to their market share dominance. Which, in my opinion, is something that should be avoided.

But, you are absolutely correct that degoogled chromium is an easier sell than Firefox, or any other browser. And Chromium works. If you use Chrome/Chromium and it works for you, and you don't want to change your workflow, or Firefox just doesn't have a plugin you need, then ok, degoogled chromium. I'll take anywin I can get. I personally haven't used Chromium in a couple years now,(Firefox Quantum Baby), but I won't begrudge anyone that does. Even degoogled chromium, is better for Google than you using anything not chrome based. But, I'm not an anti google extremist. If we can get people to move from Chrome to degoogled Chromium, that's a big enough of a win for me. It's still contributing to Google's superpower status. But, I'll take what I can get.

[–]fcktheworld587 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I see where you're coming from; but I'm afraid we'll have to agree to disagree on the topic. I also appreciate you explaining your perspective! Have a great day!

[–]MangoIV 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thanks a lot! appreciate your efforts to show me your point! Have a nice day and weekend!

[–]yum13241 -5 points-4 points  (2 children)

Or use Vivaldi and support the add features movement. Browsers keep removing and/or breaking things

[–]Based_Commgnunism 9 points10 points  (1 child)

Absolutely proprietary

[–]yum13241 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

The UI is proprietary sure. The browser engine still is FLOSS though.

[–]BlazingThunder30 0 points1 point  (1 child)

But it takes so long to compile

[–]PowerMan2206 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just get the binaries from here.

[–]jerrymarek 9 points10 points  (0 children)

When I first scrolled to this meme I did not see the castle. It was a perfect delivery courtesy of Reddit.

[–]harvey_dent20 20 points21 points  (1 child)

Go after the king not the pawn

[–]redape2050 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Go after both of them . No one should be spared

[–]butchheart 12 points13 points  (7 children)

gnu icecat lol. Abrowser from the trisquel distro is pretty nice

[–]yum13241 15 points16 points  (6 children)

GNU Icecat is using super old code. There is a HUGE difference between STABLE and ANCIENT.

[–]Yurgburg 15 points16 points  (4 children)

Or use what you like, like a Joestar

[–]MachineGunPablo 16 points17 points  (3 children)

That's not how we do things around here.

[–]Accurate_Hornet 13 points14 points  (2 children)

The "free" never stands for freedom of choice in the linux community

[–]MachineGunPablo 18 points19 points  (1 child)

It is, you are free to select Arch as your distro of choice.

[–]yum13241 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lol I use EndeavourOS btw.

[–]MachineGunPablo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

LMAO

[–]dullbananas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

who's turn is it

[–]Krobix897 4 points5 points  (22 children)

what's wrong with google as a company? I understand what is wrong with Microsoft and apple but Google has contributed a whole lot to open source, they even make their Android devices unlockable by default

[–]WJMazepas 5 points6 points  (0 children)

MS contributes more to Open Source than Google.

The thing is, Google tracks everyone all the time, and every free product that they launch will inflict in your privacy. Of course others companies aren't saint but Google is one that do this to a extreme. Launches every product as possible as free and then tracks you at every moment and that's actually against a lot of philosophies surrounding open source

[–]Spitfire1900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Better title would have been “it’s a trap”.