Even if Mozilla goes closed source the already existing forks can continue
Theoretically yes, practically no. Maintaining a secure modern web engine that’s up to date with - and a part of - setting web standards is something that costs tens of millions per year. Sometimes this even spills into the hundreds of millions.
Random fork projects don’t have the resources to do that.
I get a lot of hate for it but some AI inclusions are genuinely good.
Firefox’s (local, FOSS) AI translation is infinitely better than scraping all the info and sending it to Google Translate servers, and nobody will convince me otherwise.
The screen reader improvements that use AI are good as well. Has anybody here used screen readers for web pages? They are awful. It’s good that someone is willing to improve them. My sister is blind so this matters a lot to me.
The (locally generated) AI assisted link previews aren’t for me as I imagine they’re unnecessarily taxing on older PCs, but they’re not exactly an evil inclusion. I can see it being a useful feature.
I’m not a fan of the LLM sidebar, but it’s opt-in and you can at least choose open models or even host your own. Plus there’s the unfortunate truth that many people that Firefox is trying to win over (“normies”) now expect features like that.
The hate is so overblown. Everyone is so negative and absolutist about everything all of the time. It’s exhausting.
Yeah, why wouldn’t it be? Lol
Even calling it side loading is an attempt to delegitimise the practice. To make it sound like you’re doing something dodgy by the side.
It’s just installing an app.
Nobody calls installing an app from outside the Microsoft store on their Windows PC “side loading”.
Likewise for Macs regarding their app store, or installing an app from outside your distro’s repository on Linux.
Least insane .ml tankie
If you’re seriously trying to compare the other allies to the Nazis or USSR then you are insane.
Generally unsupported means “we will not provide support for this, you’re on your own if something goes wrong”
Rather than “this will not work at all, we have ensured that”
Unfortunately most of the GPUs aren’t usable by gamers. We aren’t talking mining booms where miners buy up gaming GPU stock, then sell cheap when the bubble bursts.
We’re talking companies buying huge GPUs that don’t have video outputs and have an altered software stack to what’s used for gaming, missing all kinds of features and game specific patches.
Granted, many 4090/5090s were also used, and those will be usable by gamers, but even with a significant price drop on those, only richer gamers will find that to be viable.
Somewhat similar story for memory - a lot of it is tied up in HBM, or as GDDR on enterprise graphics cards.
Look, if I were in a privileged position in life, you can bet I’d also do whatever I could to make the same true for my daughters. 100%. I care for them and want them to be prosperous, and if they have kids I’d like them to be in a good position too.
But what really fucks me off is when these people who’ve benefitted from that then go on to act like they’re self-made and didn’t get the help.
Just own it. Say “yeah, my family runs a businesses, and because of that I’m in this good position. I’m really thankful of my parents for doing that for me, I’ve been really fortunate, and I work hard every day in order to show my appreciation for the opportunities that have been made available to me.”
I’d respect the hell out of that, even though there’s still the degree of nepotism there.
Those same commies were very happy to cosy up to and ally with the Nazis until they got back stabbed.
Damn right 🫖
Fucking hate how these shitheads take words from Tolkien’s works and bastardise them. Palantir, Anduril.
What’s next, a social credit system named “Silmaril”? An organisation that harvests the organs of homeless called “Rivendell”?
Just fucking stop.
And suddenly it dawns on me why Ferrari’s F1 team don’t wear their usual red caps during US races…
Lemmy’s Tankie infestation is probably the worst thing about this platform.
Ah, the “you also participate in society” line.
I guess nobody should ever make any moral stand, ever, because living in the 21st century means you’ve indirectly supported evil by default.
No, they aren’t Marxist-leninist.
There’s no overthrowing of capitalism. China is capitalist as fuck.
Socialism is not “when the government does things”.
Nobody mentioned child labour.
Thinking gay and trans people should have human rights does not mean you must be fine with child labour.
That’s probably because you’re a piece of shit.
Are you serious? Of course people should care if people are using their power and influence to strip certain people of their rights.
Gnome 46? And they won’t update it for at least another year?
Jeez, we’re almost at Gnome 50…