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When a critical security patch comes out, you don't want to have to to do a major version upgrade to get it.



Netflix's approach has also had criticisms

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/oct/20/netflix-film-b...


> large-format posts, spaces, improvements in video hosting (can post multiple hours), community notes is now an integral part, premium accounts.

All features that existed before the change in ownership. They had increases in length or branding changes but already had the core framework implemented.


Google has announced on-device only encrypted back options.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/15/24002693/google-maps-upd...


According to Stack Overflow JavaScript is more popular.

https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023#section-most-popular-te...


> The Google-run proxy can observe the user's IP address but not the websites being visited and the third-party proxy can see the web servers being visited but not the IP address of the visitor.

Google will likely already have the user's IP from sync, safe browsing, etc, if Google's proxy doesn't know what sites are visited it doesn't sound like this increases Google's access to any user data.


Indeed that was my point it doesn’t hurt Google just their competitors. Thus concentrating power and increasing their monopoly grip on the web.


The API page is still up

https://api.twitterstat.us/


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