Blue checkmarks fund Nazis
What browser do you use Lmao
lynx
Things I’m not surprised about:
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that someone remembering would mention it
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that the home site for it looks like it’s from 1997
Things I’m surprised about:
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Lynx is still supported (the oldest browser that is)
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that the latest version number is so low
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that someone mentioning it wouldn’t also say they use Arch btw
For the record, it’s slackware.
links2 -g better.
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Not ironic variations on that theme are available here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20250000000000*/stallman.org/stallman-computing.html
Mosaic and iCab?
Some blue checks are still unpaid legacy ones. But that’s usually large celebs. Probably not the case with this guy.
Yes we all know mozilla sucks, still ff is the best browser by far
Lesser of two evils
Wayyyyyyy lesser.
We’re talking Mussolini versus your local grocery store clerk who’s a dick sometimes.
I agree
Even at the same level it would be the preferable browser to stop Google from doing whatever they wanted.
Three. There are three evils in the browser space.
Ehhhh Microsoft edge is just chrome that steals your data for Microsoft rather than Google. It’s like 2 different bank robbers that use the same brand of gun to hold you hostage.
Safari is the third, not edge.
Who is the third one?
Didn’t Firefox just release a new feature that prevents fingerprinting? Hard to get a reading on Mozilla these days.
It’s because people looked at a line of a diff without looking at the actual context.
It’s like finding the line in a diff where someone deleted a call to “check password” and concluding that this means the service is no longer verifying passwords.https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/update-on-terms-of-use/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/faq/
We never sell your personal data. Unlike other big tech companies that collect and profit off your personal information, we’re built with privacy as the default. We don’t know your age, gender, precise location, or other information Big Tech collects and profits from.
Basically, they consolidated and clarified their data privacy policies to be legally accurate. People took a content change to be a policy change on the assumption that you can’t just delete words in one place and put new ones somewhere else.
Ha. I’d expect nothing less from Theo.
precise location
Wtf does that even mean? Why would they need that in the first place?
They automatically get your approximate location from your IP, and some websites do need your precise location.
They don’t need it, but google chrome sure gets it!
They don’t. They’re saying they don’t have it.
Oh cool unjustified FUD
FUD
Crypto bro detected
What? I am basically the opposite of a crypto bro. The term “FUD” has been around a long time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty,_and_doubt
Lol I’ve literally only seen it used as an excuse to ban people calling out rug pulls
Well now you’ve seen it elsewhere, too.
Thanks
If you care, it’s been around since the 1970’s and was coined by Gene Amdahl after he left IBM. Certainly not just a crypto-bro thing.
Neat, TIL
Sounds like you’ve been in crypto communities way more than me (which is 0) lol
Mostly just watched a bunch of coffeezilla
You don’t like it? Go donate to Servo: https://opencollective.com/servo
Check out Ladybug as well
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Reminds me of the time Google decided that “Don’t be evil” wasn’t their vibe any more.
Theo to me had the same energy as Pirate Software. One of these days there’s gonna be some cancelling, someone mark these words.
It’s been a while since I watched his content, but isn’t most of his stuff just clips of him reading back someone else’s article at you with inane commentary added in between?
He never mentions it but he worked at Blizzard
Yup. Kind of like ThePrimeagen. And he always knows some other influencial/famous dev who does something cool. And he always showcases his sponsors’ products in a way that makes it seem like he just recently used it to great success in his latest project/own launched product. Like how tf do you have time to launch so many (unnamed/unmentioned) products??
throw std::future_error(std::make_error_code(std::future_errc::broken_promise));
Been on Librewolf for several months now, can’t recommend it enough.
I also use Librewolf but I can’t really recommend it to normal users because its fingerprint resistance is extremely aggressive and often degrades the experience.
The only thing I’ve had to tweak it for was being able to scan QR codes for payments. Haven’t come across any other issues at all.
switched to librewolf and ironfox at least a year ago or more.
Random tangent, but I tried PaleMoon to see if it used less RAM these days.
…And it seems they’ve forked pretty hard. All the rendering acceleration is years behind FF, and frankly it lagged on the test page (a web app text editor) I was interested in.
Important context!
They had to change this because newer laws like the CCPA classify some ways of transferring/processing data as a “sale”, even if no money is exchanged.
See: this Firefox FAQ where they say:
The reason we’ve stepped away from making blanket claims that “We never sell your data” is because, in some places, the LEGAL definition of “sale of data” is broad and evolving. As an example, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) defines “sale” as the “selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a consumer’s personal information by [a] business to another business or a third party” in exchange for “monetary” or “other valuable consideration.”
Similar privacy laws exist in other US states, including in Virginia and Colorado. And that’s a good thing — Mozilla has long been a supporter of data privacy laws that empower people — but the competing interpretations of do-not-sell requirements does leave many businesses uncertain about their exact obligations and whether or not they’re considered to be “selling data.”
In order to make Firefox commercially viable, there are a number of places where we collect and share some data with our partners, including our optional ads on New Tab and providing sponsored suggestions in the search bar. We set all of this out in our privacy notice. Whenever we share data with our partners, we put a lot of work into making sure that the data that we share is stripped of potentially identifying information, or shared only in the aggregate, or is put through our privacy preserving technologies (like OHTTP).
We’re continuing to make sure that Firefox provides you with sensible default settings that you can review during onboarding or adjust at any time.
As an example, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) defines “sale” as the “selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a consumer’s personal information by [a] business to another business or a third party” in exchange for “monetary” or “other valuable consideration.”
Yes. That is selling. If you exchange customer data for money or other valuables, that is the definition of “selling”.
Damn. Shame I need a browser on Windows, Linux, iOS and android. Which is why I’ve been using Firefox for so long.
The post is just misinformation to act like they removed it. See ricecake’s comment above. https://programming.dev/comment/20479780
