Zdnet writes, 'Brave now claims to have delivered a "69x average improvement" in its ad-blocking tech using Rust in place of C++.'
I disagree with this characterization. The language change was not what provided the speed improvement. Rather, it was rewriting the ad-blocking engine using a different approach. Had they used C++, the speed would likely be the same as the Rust version. They selected Rust for its inherent memory safety.
From the Brave post:
We therefore rebuilt our ad-blocker taking inspiration from uBlock Origin and Ghostery’s ad-blocker approach. This focuses on a tokenization approach specific to ad-block rule matching against URLs and rule evaluation optimised to the different kinds of rules. We implemented the new engine in Rust as a memory-safe, performant language compilable down to native code and suitable to run within the native browser core as well as being packaged in a standalone Node.js module.
How out of touch these Apple executives are:
""thousands" of the $17,000 gold Apple Watch Edition left unsold"
Are there really that many people so overpaid that they can buy a quickly outdated piece of mobile electronics for the price of an economy car?
These are NOT reviews! This is the Audience "WANT TO SEE" rating, which is completely different. People NOT wanting to see a film, is NOT review bombing. STOP LYING!
Why should "reviewers" be allowed to exert ANY control over consumer devices? The "tech reviewers" are why we have all glass fragile sealed devices without replaceable batteries.
"to see how reviewers and the market react"
Personally, I am beyond tired of anything "reviewers" say about anything.
Too many people excused the anti-customer spyware/malware behavior of Microsoft and Windows 10 because "it is free". But, it is NOT FREE NOW. There is absolutely no excuse for a paid product to behave this way. I guess Microsoft will keep on until another Federal investigation occurs. Since they are charging for Windows 10 licenses now, I asked Microsoft if that version would be devoid of the spyware. They never responded, so that must mean, "no".
I found a great summary of the situation for the tl;dr crowd:
"Fired Guild Wars 2 Dev Responds and Still Doesn't Get It..." - YongYea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
She got fired for being a sexist jerk. Her co-worker got fired for joining into the sexist attack. The person that responded to her, Deroir, said nothing sexist, demeaning, belittling, or insulting to her. SHE is the one who took things too. She could have simply ignored the comments if she did not want to interact with him. Reddit did not do the damage, she and her co-worker did this to themselves.