Post A2Jc2BQqPyMeweZRQW by Dashtop@mastodon.online
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 (DIR) Post #A2I93qoyvYSPlxLMsi by aral@mastodon.ar.al
       2020-12-17T12:11:15Z
       
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       So I don’t use Chrome but I have Ungoogled Chromium (https://codeberg.org/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium) as certain things only work under Chrom(ium) and I only just realised Google requires a Google account to install extensions. Wow.Hint: You can bypass this restriction using this the Ungoogled Extension Installer: https://github.com/UnnoTed/Ungoogled-Chromium-Extension-InstallerThe lengths we have to go to in order to protect our privacy from basic everyday things is ridiculous. We need fundamental change. Surveillance capitalism needs to die.
       
 (DIR) Post #A2I99s9msHjJeUwkb2 by jpfox@m.g3l.org
       2020-12-17T12:14:23Z
       
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       @aral #Gemini is certainly a solution !I'm tired of this sh**ty web too
       
 (DIR) Post #A2IAbbmnQzN2wQyxEm by kubernetux@social.tchncs.de
       2020-12-17T12:26:10Z
       
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       @aral Brave could help
       
 (DIR) Post #A2IAbfWHYKXOWNHp3I by x@toot.icyphox.sh
       2020-12-17T12:30:31.817057Z
       
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       @kubernetux @aral brave is an adtech company, and they haven’t had the cleanest track record. also cryptocurrency is akin to a ponzi scheme — i wouldn’t want my browser having anything to do with that.
       
 (DIR) Post #A2IBQtZH563SrN73ei by kubernetux@social.tchncs.de
       2020-12-17T12:32:35Z
       
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       @x @aral ah ok. I was not aware of that. Many thanks for the hint.
       
 (DIR) Post #A2IBQtvxikCdzjjB1E by x@toot.icyphox.sh
       2020-12-17T12:39:49.768603Z
       
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       @kubernetux @aral i quite like this article on the subject: https://practicaltypography.com/the-cowardice-of-brave.html
       
 (DIR) Post #A2IPVepsgI9DyW2sWu by kubernetux@social.tchncs.de
       2020-12-17T14:38:34Z
       
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       @x Thanks, very informative.
       
 (DIR) Post #A2Jc2BQqPyMeweZRQW by Dashtop@mastodon.online
       2020-12-18T05:12:37Z
       
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       @jpfox @aral you seen reading mode, right? Also CSS plugins
       
 (DIR) Post #A2Jn01nwLBdC0DY3JQ by jpfox@m.g3l.org
       2020-12-18T07:15:31Z
       
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       @DashtopThese options do not protect you from tracking.And it's completly silly to use huge software to download huge web site and to prune them from malicious code. Bandwidth and CPU usage for that is an aberration. Gemini permits to get directly only what you need, information. @aral
       
 (DIR) Post #A2K5sGicu7IB4S4ngm by aral@mastodon.ar.al
       2020-12-18T10:46:58Z
       
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       @jpfox I just had to ssh into a server to try out their clients. I’m not entirely sure they’re aiming for everyday people to use this as an everyday thing :)
       
 (DIR) Post #A2QMyJEhK1lqmiIrUu by bortzmeyer@mastodon.gougere.fr
       2020-12-21T11:26:48Z
       
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       @aral @jpfox The clients-over-ssh demo is not with the best clients (none of those I use, anyway). #Gemini is protocol+format, not software, and the clients wlll improve. (When I showed the Web to people with lynx, they did not understand its potential either.)
       
 (DIR) Post #A2QN7852AW3gn8zMsS by bortzmeyer@mastodon.gougere.fr
       2020-12-21T11:28:24Z
       
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       @aral @jpfox And, anyway, #Gemini is still experimental and the idea is to explore alternatives (instead of just ranting "the Web is awful").