Post ASgkhOkbveRMTFcrXE by tn5421@fedi.absturztau.be
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(DIR) Post #ASgc98JFkeDG03ynYm by technomancy@icosahedron.website
2023-02-14T23:13:56Z
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this interview with the Mozilla CEO is really baffling to mehttps://www.theverge.com/2023/2/14/23598344/mozilla-firefox-ceo-mitchell-baker-microsoft-edge-bing-google-apple-aifirst off she talks about how Mozilla isn't really anti-microsoft or anti-big-tech, which ... uh, what? and then not very long after that she's talking about how Mozilla has always been anti-tracking... how do you reconcile that? how out of touch do you have to be to think you can be anti-tracking without being anti-big-techlater it gets worse:> Q: Do you think that you have to build generative AI products into Firefox to take advantage of that disruptive moment?> A: Well, at some level the answer is yes, because that’s the new technology.everything she says on this topic is a tremendous nothingburger of meaninglessness; we have to invest in this because it's new, even if we have no idea what it's for or why it would be helpfulthe silicon valley brainworms really show no mercy
(DIR) Post #ASgc99u9ovKKwoFmim by technomancy@icosahedron.website
2023-02-14T23:17:53Z
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(obviously I still use firefox; the people leading the development of the alternative browser engines have the same brain worms even more so but ... oof)
(DIR) Post #ASgcV4NB4JRMA4H8Ua by nyx@social.xenofem.me
2023-02-15T00:09:27.661298Z
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@technomancy >don't ask questions just adopt technology because it's being hyped up by snake oil salesmen
(DIR) Post #ASgeE7ADddfDnqG0Ey by frog@frogdrool.net
2023-02-15T00:01:28Z
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@technomancy Firefox still puts ads in the new tab window. That’s a hard pass for me.
(DIR) Post #ASgeE7ixYTS9XaVkOG by technomancy@icosahedron.website
2023-02-15T00:03:23Z
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@frog oh shit; that sucksI use the version from debian which has the tracking and other anti-features stripped outanyway if your point was that there's no such thing as a good web browser vendor, you won't find an argument from me
(DIR) Post #ASgeE8J7O2NPLjQcka by otyugh@pouet.chapril.org
2023-02-15T00:30:06Z
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@technomancy just checked. Debian doesn't remove the sponsored link as a default. Amazon, Hotels.com, youtube, facebook and twitter are featured by default if you creat a new firefox profile.Good lord.
(DIR) Post #ASgkhOkbveRMTFcrXE by tn5421@fedi.absturztau.be
2023-02-15T01:42:43.488982Z
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@technomancy They pay this person millions. This is why Firefox sucks so much.
(DIR) Post #AShsnMe5f7hQTEtLPM by sef@social.coop
2023-02-15T14:48:07Z
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@otyugh Does any distro? @technomancy
(DIR) Post #ASi6WcrlV4OzDHCV96 by otyugh@pouet.chapril.org
2023-02-15T17:21:58Z
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@sef @technomancy Actually it's pretty easy to customize.I do my own preconfigured debian installer and within is a preconfiguration of firefox. I did this for my very localized french fellows at install party to promote debian (when it's very akin to ubuntu with more polished first-experience preconfiguration, Debian becomes palatable for the crowd !).
(DIR) Post #ASi6jhb9DZzXeafBL6 by technomancy@icosahedron.website
2023-02-15T17:24:17Z
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@otyugh @sef I understand it's easy to fix for myself; it's more that I'm embarrassed that my operating system gives such a bad experience for new usersI have come to expect better from them
(DIR) Post #ASi82BOxFTD1FnKu7U by otyugh@pouet.chapril.org
2023-02-15T17:38:51Z
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@technomancy yeah... I'm very sad to see how a fresh install of windows XP runs/react faster than a Debian XFCE, on old hardware the contrast is pretty staggering. I wish libre software would put more focus on "being super fast even on old stuff". Mainstream web browser being the biggest embrassement of them all..