• LostXOR@fedia.io
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      3 months ago

      Almost as if a browser company that’s not also an advertising company has no reason to fight ad blockers.

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          3 months ago

          i mean they bought a privacy preserving ad company to offer an alternative for companies to google, which is what they should be doing.

          because like it or not people depend on ads for their sites.

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          3 months ago

          You can always fork firefox. People used to use website not requiring javascript at all and it worked well. Some people still use even w3m f.e. when graphics card driver goes bad after update and they need to watch some docs on the internet. Most current browser have most features you would ever need

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            3 months ago

            Forking is indeed the way forward when Mozilla loses its way a little more. For myself, I switched to Librewolf about 6 months ago, along with replacing Thunderbird with Betterbird after using it since the Phoenix days.

            I cannot remember what prompted the move to Librewolf, it may have been the AI stuff they were pushing at the time, or possibly the update that forced the tabs into my titlebar without having to go into about:config to fix it. Or the fact that Firefox was constantly pushing me to sign up for an account. There were quite a few gripes that added up over time lol

            Betterbird restored some removed things I liked pre-supernova as well as a native systray icon under Linux and that was enough motivation to make the switch.

            It is time for a new browser to enter the market. Either Ladybird or something built with Servo seems likely.

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        3 months ago

        Same. Firefox Mobile had been a laggy mess when I used it a few years ago, but a combination of some really aggressive advertising and the announcement of manifest v3 caused me to give it another shot about a year ago. It’s a dramatic improvement in phone browsing.