Post AShpS9TF9SYnfK0mOG by paul@notnull.click
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(DIR) Post #ASezt41huucQfPiups by thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
2023-02-14T05:07:26Z
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Periodic reminder of this 1999 review of Google
(DIR) Post #ASezzW68SdplSys6Gu by twizzay@thisis.mylegendary.quest
2023-02-14T05:24:39.239855Z
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@thomasfuchs I too remember when google was a lot less bloat. *stares wistfully*
(DIR) Post #ASfQpZ9ExniinCnsKu by charliebrownau@pieville.net
2023-02-14T10:25:23Z
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@thomasfuchs It was always a spying and goverment honey trap
(DIR) Post #ASfUT2z0GuCeTpX6I4 by demitasse@pleroma.narrativerry.xyz
2023-02-14T11:06:09.138337Z
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@thomasfuchs even in 1999 google was jewish
(DIR) Post #ASflYynASs26RNPZVg by tony@toot.hoyle.me.uk
2023-02-14T09:52:30Z
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@thomasfuchs You have to remember what an absolute cluster things like yahoo search were.. google still hasn't got that bad years later.
(DIR) Post #ASflYzaRVfRquCSvJY by PalePimp@poa.st
2023-02-14T14:17:42.661777Z
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@tony @thomasfuchs > google still hasn't got that bad years later.it might still be fast but getting pretty close be almost useless, it begins to remind me of Altavista.
(DIR) Post #ASg3Lqwe7wcrVtjeWu by calculsoberic@mstdn.social
2023-02-14T17:36:59Z
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@thomasfuchs "pure search engine" bwahahahahaha
(DIR) Post #ASgBdD5fqJUIkkkHR2 by Jbat@mstdn.media
2023-02-14T19:09:47Z
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@thomasfuchs Where was that review?
(DIR) Post #AShRBj692SIyL5qHi4 by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2023-02-14T07:34:54Z
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@thomasfuchs Maybe one day we’ll learn not to reward venture-capital-funded startups with a visit no matter what form they initially present themselves in.
(DIR) Post #AShRBjkCdWLcLKaH9E by miklo@soc.citizen4.eu
2023-02-15T04:00:31Z
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@aral @thomasfuchs It only gets worse and worse. Today I read that ... #mozilla has launched its #VC fund to buy startups: https://mozilla.vc
(DIR) Post #AShRBkd9LEIf5kI9nE by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2023-02-15T08:56:33Z
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@miklo @thomasfuchs Mozilla is a for-profit Silicon Valley tech company that exists through the half a billion dollars or so it gets every year by enabling surveillance capitalists like Google to track people in their browser. This is hardly surprising to anyone who’s been paying attention in the past decade.#mozilla #ventureCapital #vc #BigTech #SiliconValley #surveillanceCapitalism #capitalism
(DIR) Post #AShYjpl3U1OUWGBkjw by Volpit@fosstodon.org
2023-02-15T09:36:52Z
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@mawhrin @AlejandroP @aral @miklo @thomasfuchs there is Gnome Web (Epiphany) that in the next month should receive an update with extensions and I think it'll be the best choice together with LibreWolf
(DIR) Post #AShYjqV8igG0pBkYZU by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2023-02-15T09:49:26Z
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@Volpit I’ll definitely give GNOME Web another try once extensions are added (I simply cannot use a browser without my password manager extension) but I do this every time there is a new release and usually my patience only lasts a handful of minutes. Fingers crossed that will change as we do need alternatives. (And we must fund alternatives from the commons.)@mawhrin @AlejandroP @miklo @thomasfuchs
(DIR) Post #AShmvv1h7VGvgyd0hE by nathandh@hachyderm.io
2023-02-15T13:18:49Z
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@aral @Volpit @mawhrin @AlejandroP @miklo @thomasfuchs I know I’m going to take one on the chin for this, but what’s wrong with Safari?
(DIR) Post #AShmvvkMRR07vVWgJk by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2023-02-15T13:35:05Z
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@nathandh If you’re locked into Apple’s platforms already, not a huge amount. That said, it is proprietary so you have to trust Apple, Inc., and whether you can or not might change at any time and vary depending on your geographic location (Apple only believes privacy is a human right for folks living in the West, for example. Not, say, in China.)@Volpit @mawhrin @AlejandroP @miklo @thomasfuchs
(DIR) Post #AShnelxxeVhucjGnTc by TechBean@mstdn.social
2023-02-14T05:08:51Z
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@thomasfuchs Makes me nostalgic for AltaVista.
(DIR) Post #AShnmVPr4LdJbx0KxM by AlejandroP@mastodon.online
2023-02-15T09:06:16Z
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@aral @miklo @thomasfuchs I use Firefox, what alternative do you suggest??I mean a good usable one, I really want to ditch Mozilla completely
(DIR) Post #AShnmWI5oh1CKANeUq by t3mujin@photog.social
2023-02-15T09:10:27Z
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@AlejandroP if you want to stick with Firefox, then LibreWolf could be an option @aral @miklo @thomasfuchs
(DIR) Post #AShnp2IrlYKUBjwTMO by paul@notnull.click
2023-02-15T13:52:24.573076Z
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@t3mujin @AlejandroP @aral @miklo @thomasfuchs was about to say this myself. Librewolf is a great alternative and needs more love!
(DIR) Post #AShpS6uQfvWXilhwqe by AlejandroP@mastodon.online
2023-02-15T09:46:52Z
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@t3mujin @aral @miklo @thomasfuchs interesting, I never heard of libreWolf beforeWill check it 👍👍
(DIR) Post #AShpS7ac95GfpbRdbM by realbadawo@mstdn.social
2023-02-15T11:17:58Z
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@AlejandroP @t3mujin @aral @miklo @thomasfuchs it’s just an FF fork with a few config changes - not really worth bothering with
(DIR) Post #AShpS8Dxmmk9ndr3w0 by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2023-02-15T12:22:10Z
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@realbadawo Those few config changes make a world of difference, however, in making the browser private by default.Let’s put it another way: if Mozilla made the same few config changes to Firefox, it would earn half a billion dollars less every year than it currently does. (And go bankrupt.)So that’s how much those few config changes are worth.@AlejandroP @t3mujin @miklo @thomasfuchs
(DIR) Post #AShpS8opZiEZdz6VOq by realbadawo@mstdn.social
2023-02-15T12:30:29Z
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@aral @AlejandroP @t3mujin @miklo @thomasfuchs but LW only exists because of FF. With no FF, there’s no LW.
(DIR) Post #AShpS9TF9SYnfK0mOG by paul@notnull.click
2023-02-15T14:10:36.328160Z
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@realbadawo @aral @AlejandroP @t3mujin @miklo @thomasfuchs not quite right, LW only exists because Firefox HAS existed. if they (or someone else... Waterfox for example) continue to maintain their own fork then they can easily exist without Firefox.Otherwise it's like saying Edge only exists because of Chromium... I think Microsoft are perfectly capable of maintaining the source code of a brows....oh no hang on a minute 😂
(DIR) Post #AShrEDwbvCkjOWEaZc by realbadawo@mstdn.social
2023-02-15T14:29:58Z
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@paul @thomasfuchs @aral @AlejandroP @t3mujin @miklo I mean - how hard could it be! 🤔
(DIR) Post #ASk2vaBMbYmcd0vrge by debs@mastodon.cloud
2023-02-16T15:51:07Z
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@thomasfuchs @TechBean I’ll raise you - Northern Lights search - super early and results listed in folders by “topic”