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If Google succeeds with the new DRM policy, will that affect functionality of browsers like firefox which uses a different engine? (feddit.rocks)
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[–] Brokkr 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I think it was a typo, the phrase is usually written "et al." which cannot be confused with a domain.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That et is exclusively for Albanian use.

[–] over_clox 0 points 1 year ago

Perhaps it was.

goggle.com was once a typo as well.

[–] over_clox 0 points 1 year ago

Also, what's the difference between a typo and an autocorrect glitch unnoticed?

If one single dot is the difference between legit words vs a janky link, the internet is doomed.

attachment.zip

[–] over_clox -2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You do realize another way to write et al is...

et. al.

Miss one space, bam, your typo turns into a link these days.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's on you, not the internet or google. As has been pointed out, dot al is a TLD for a country. Just because you can't type properly and didn't spell check yourself, doesn't mean the internet is doomed.

[–] over_clox -4 points 1 year ago

You make typo, send it to friend, friend clicks link...

Is that origin.al or not?

[–] Brokkr 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"et" doesn't need to be abbreviated, it's a full word. "al." is short for "alia".

You could argue that typos shouldn't get turned into links, but there's simply no good way of stopping that from happening.

[–] over_clox 0 points 1 year ago

Yes, yes there most certainly is a way to completely prevent that from ever happening.

Get rid of this whole automatic link detecting shit altogether and require the use of https:// before every single link.

Believe it or not, that's how the internet used to work, and we didn't have stupid shit like attachment.zip