If you’ve never heard of this, that’s because it got a very small rollout to only Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden.
This is in relation to YouTube Premium Lite, and not, as this shortened article implies, Google Podcasts.
I think it’s getting down-voted purely because OP’s title is essentially “mIcRo$oFt bAd!” instead of describing the issue. It’s not getting down-voted anywhere else this article was cross-posted to, where they used the article’s actual title.
VS Code has an optional feature that can allow remote access, which could be [used/abused] to [access/breach] otherwise secure networks. Because the executable is signed by Microsoft, it won’t be flagged as malicious by antivirus/malware scanners even though it could easily be used as such. The article shows the steps the author attempted to detect and block this tunnel functionality, with limited success.
You can know Google are trying to stitch shit up in their own favor, and still wish !memes had less “cHrOmE bAd!” memes at the same time.
I swapped to Chrome a long time ago, probably around Firefox 7 or so, and never really looked back. I didn’t really have an issue with being part of the Google ecosystem, and they were still in their embrace phase. It’s been a while.
I have both browsers installed at the moment and under Linux/Wayland/Nvidia, Firefox definitely performs miles better (actual HW acceleration!) but Chrome still feels more practical to use, in my opinion. I think my main hang-up is that Chrome’s “Tab Groups” suit my approach to web browsing better than Firefox “Tab Containers”, even factoring in how Multi-Account Containers can make them more useful.
The Sopranos and Fallout New Vegas. Maybe they’ll run a racket to take over the Strip, Gomorrah can be the new Bada Bing!
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