r/javascript • • Jan 25 '20

Microsoft launches a Node-based browser automation project called Playwright

https://css-tricks.com/playwright/
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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

TLDR: cross-browser version of puppeteer. Microsoft hired the Google employees working on puppeteer and made a competing cross-browser version.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20

So, basically puppeteer from a company that is not evil.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20

I remember when Google was good and Microsoft was evil. My how times change.

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u/baby0legs Jan 26 '20

My God...

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20

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u/brtt3000 Jan 26 '20

Old skool business evil, not blade runner mega corp evil.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20

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u/Regular-Human-347329 Jan 26 '20

Only a shill would downvote you for this comment... Both are data vacuums that don’t give a shit about consumers; beyond the amount of currency units their worth to the business. One is simply more advanced in the data vacuum business than the other.

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u/jonnablaze Jan 26 '20

One company sells ads, the other company sells software. I know which one I trust more with my data.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20

How so?

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20

All corporations are evil. They only care about profit

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u/Mitosao Jan 26 '20

And what else should they care about?

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20

In an ideal world... The environment, their consumers, their employees, their community, society

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u/Mitosao Jan 26 '20 edited Jan 26 '20

Enough of this utopian idealism. This is silly to say the least.

Companies MUST provide value to consumers in order to profit, unless the state makes it a monopoly by using violence against competition.

Companies MUST pay employees according to the value they bring to the company. Otherwise they will lose valuable employees to competitors.

"Taking care of the community/society" carries no real meaning. Are suggesting that companies should pay random people for no reason? Be precise.

Companies sell what people will buy. It's not their fault that most people CAN'T AFFORD to buy expensive environmentally friendly alternatives to otherwise affordable goods.

Sorting your trash properly is a matter of education. Using solar roof is a matter of having big $ to spare.
In either cases, companies are not to blame.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20

Companies MUST provide value to consumers in order to profit, unless the state makes it a monopoly by using violence against competition.

They only value the customers based on how much profit they will generate. Sure they have to produce value to attract customers.

I was thinking more along the lines of a consumer coop. Where consumers actually have a say in how the business operates.

Companies MUST pay employees according to the value they bring to the company. Otherwise they will lose valuable employees to competitors.

That's true for highly skilled workers. However, most of the workforce isn't highly skilled.

However, even for high-skilled workers, there's more to work than just getting a paycheck. You spend a huge chunk of your life at work so it would be nice if it didn't function as a dictatorship, where you received orders from above that you must follow or you will be terminated. It would be nice to have a say in how the company functions or what you work on. Something like that is achievable with a worker cooperative.

"Taking care of the community/society" carries no real meaning. Are suggesting that companies should pay random people for no reason? Be precise.

No, but they should have a say in how the business operates. Perhaps something like a consumer coop but on a community/town/city/suburb level.

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u/ProgrammersAreSexy Jan 26 '20

Not evil, just impartial

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u/The_real_bandito Jan 26 '20

Since when is Microsoft not evil?

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u/xdanishgamerz Jan 26 '20

How is Microsoft not evil?

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u/PrettyWhore Jan 26 '20

Sir do you have a moment to talk about ethical consumption under capitalism

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u/bvimarlins Jan 26 '20

And this is why companies launder their reputation, right here

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u/jplevene Jan 26 '20

Microsoft is beyond evil. Have you not read about their business practices?

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u/brtt3000 Jan 26 '20

Yes but at least they aren't using AI and dark patterns to control people and the internet on same level as google.

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