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David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 6 days ago

Firefox browser falls to AI. What do we do now?

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Firefox browser falls to AI. What do we do now?

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David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 6 days ago
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Firefox is my web browser of choice. It does a lot of things right. In particular, with the uBlock Origin add-on, it’s got the best ad blocking you can get on desktop and Android. Firefox is run by…

where ‘absolutely not’ means ‘maybe later’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c40irxnC_qM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251223-firefox-browser-falls-to-ai-what-do-we-do-now - podcast

time: 9 min 39 sec

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    if you’re here to recommend ladybird, tell us why you’re doing advocacy for that trash fire in spite of the well-sourced, ah, downsides pointed out in article and video linked from the OP.

    same for brave. I don’t give a fuck if privacyguides told you it was the goodest browser.

    if you’re here to advocate for ladybird or brave and haven’t read the article in the OP, fuck off. don’t come here pretending to discuss something you haven’t read.

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      important addendum: your reason for advocating for shit browsers owned by terrible people will be read out loud in the clown voice it deserves

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        Lemmy needs a feature where we can click a button on a comment and make everyone see that comment in Comic Sans.

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          so I’m not saying I’m writing this down for the Lemmy clone’s features list, but

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            Is there a plan to migrate away from lemmy or is that just part of the joke?

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            .comment-node :has(.text-danger) {
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            Sorry (not sorry).

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          Careful, don’t slander Comic Sans. It is an asshole, and has the party people on its side.

          (I also think the font gets too much flak, perhaps to really show our distaste of the comment make it the fraktur font, and flip it around (I did recently learn that flipping a front upside down/around makes it very hard to read for people who have trouble visualizing things in their head, which I had not thought about as being an issue)

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            A simplified diagram showing the development of various latin scripts

            pointing at the blackletter scripts Look how they massacred my boy!

            Clickhole headline edited to say "Heartbreaking: 15th Century Italian Humanists Just Made A Great Point"

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          coming in rizz i’m sure

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      On the subject of Brave:

      https://www.reddit.com/r/browsers/comments/1j1pq7b/list_of_brave_browser_controversies/ it really has a little bit to many controversies. (And the list is downplaying some of it, the wikipedia clone added wasn’t just some random one, it is was the one created by the alt right, neo-nazi Vox Day. Addition of which by the CEO should be enough to not want to use the browser at all).

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      And if you’re here to report the mods for rudeness, lolz

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        ahahaha delicious

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      I did like the part where the orcs attacked the Kremlin, though

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        shut the fuck up

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          Please, it’s pronounced “Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal.”

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            the wet bandits would absolutely be gigantic ladybird fans. especially after Kevin gave them a couple concussions each

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        Please enjoy your free trip to the egress.

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