Unruffled [they/them] @ Flatworm7591 @lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I agree with you that Mozilla is spreading itself too thin. And don't get me wrong, I love Firefox and am a long time user. But they do need to understand their user base better.

They aren't going to become a sustainable business by copying more popular browsers. It's their differences from the mainstream that make them appealing as an alternative in the first place. I already don't like them foisting Pocket on me, which 100% should have remained an extension. I don't like the fact that Google is their default search engine, which goes against all their privacy messaging. I understand the reason is money, but that's kind of the definition of being a sellout isn't it? Their core values should always come first.

Fact is, those employees weren't fired for any good reason other than to hop on the latest tech trend. It's this sort of corporate "profit before people" bullshit that will erode any goodwill that people still have towards Mozilla. I couldn't give a fuck about adding a stupid AI driven chatbot to Mozilla, and neither, I imagine, do many of their current users. Honestly, I think "AI" has ruined the internet in a lot of ways already. It's already had a massive negative impact on the quality of search results, across all major search engines, because of all the low quality llm content that has been produced already, and it's only going to get worse. And you can't trust a single thing that comes out of those models, so what is even the point of them?

Sorry in advance for the old man rant lol.

Yeah that was a bit of a weird accusation. For the public record, I checked and there isn't anything of that nature in your post history. I've removed @LemonLord@endlesstalk.org's comment. You might want to contact the admins of endlesstalk.org if the harassment by that user continues.

No problem. In that case, you could use something like sonarr to subscribe to a specific show and have it download automatically when a new episode is available. It's great for quality of life as everything happens automatically after the initial setup, and of course, you will avoid ads this way. There are plenty of guides on how to set up an arr stack if you do a quick web search.

Another good option is to use something similar to Smart DNS Proxy to bypass geo-blocking by UK (and other) TV channels. I've been using it for years with no issues. There is some configuration involved, but it's not too complicated. You may also have to change you system clock to a UK timezone for the BBC, since they sometimes check for that. I wouldn't recommend using their DNS service for any other purpose though, since there are no privacy guarantees.

IMO most VPNs simply can't keep up with their IP addresses being quickly blocked by UK TV websites, so they are very hit and miss for that particular use case. Plus it's not their necessarily their core business, so they don't put so much effort into circumventing geoblocking. You might find one that will work, but it will often be blocked in a few days or weeks. But your mileage may vary & you may get lucky.

I think most people would agree that artists should be fairly paid for their work. But when greedy, profiteering corporations are the ones commissioning and profiting from art, then IMO we have a moral duty to fuck with their exploitative business model.

It's usually recommended to completely uninstall any previous versions of Adobe software beforehand, and as a precaution you can/should also use the Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool to remove all traces that may be left behind. After that, perform a reboot and then reinstall the m0nkrus package. I haven't installed that particular collection myself, so it's possible it's an error, but m0nkrus' à la carte apps usually work without any major issues.

I'd also recommend reading this wiki for some alternative activation methods and tips in case you can't get it working.

We appreciate it matey, glad to have you in the community.

I've just requested for the moderator (@sunbrothersco@lemmy.dbzer0.com) to update the links in the sidebar and pinned megathread post.

We haven't done any css theming on the wiki yet, it's just using the vanilla django-wiki defaults. Perhaps in the future though :)

Check out the new community wiki which is all hosted here. Members of our instance can also make / suggest edits to it.

I'm going to leave this thread here for transparency, but for anyone reading this, I'm banning this user for trolling. I've asked twice for any evidence and they won't provide any.

In fact I am an admin, and I already messaged you on Sunday to ask for evidence to back up this report and you didn't provide any. If you could provide even a single link to CSAM posted on one of our communities, I would be happy to investigate further. But if you keep making these serious claims backed up with zero evidence then I'm just going to have to assume you are trolling. Also FYI our instance has automatic scanning and blocking of image uploads for CSAM.

WTF are you talking about? db0 runs the fediseer project which helps other instances actively block such content.

You make some good points, but whether it exactly meets every criteria of open source software as per that definition or not, I really can't bring myself to care that much either way. I get that it's important to you, and that's fine, but not everyone cares that much about it. People can read and vet the source code, the intention of the project seems good, and the intention of the authors in deviating slightly from pure open source principles seems to be to protect their users from scammy clones, which also seems fine with me. TBH we're not really into strictly following the letter of the law in the pirate community, and if this app helps people to avoid surveillance capitalism and puts even the slightest dent in Google's massive profits then I'm all for it. Anyways, have a good one.

This whole discussion is like arguing how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. It depends completely on how you define open source, and there is no single universally agreed upon definition. Per this article, there are over 80 variations of open source licenses all with different term and conditions. Some are more permissive, some less so. Yet they can all be considered a variation of open source, though I'm anticipating you wouldn't agree? For this particular app, there are some restrictions in place aimed to protect users from malicious forks. IMO this is a good thing. I can't understand why you are acting like the definition police here, it seems very pedantic tbh.

Many software buyers – even new developers – misunderstand the term “open source” to mean the software is available to use, copy, modify, and distribute as desired. This misunderstanding may arise from confusing open source with public domain or shareware, both of which are free to use and modify without specific permissions or licensing.

The truth is that, for the most part, open-source software is covered by one of several types of open source licenses and is not necessarily free of charge either.

In contrast to proprietary software where vendors typically make it impossible to access, copy or modify the source code, open source code permits the use, reuse, sharing, modification, and distribution of the code in other programs or applications. But just as with proprietary software licensing, open source software is subject to various legal terms and restrictions, depending on the type of open source license in force.

Why are you even slightly surprised that a piracy community would be advocating for pirating content? You gonna go to a furries community next and complain about all the fur?

Aw shucks

Lol this is the person who was trying to argue the other day that narcissism was a disability that should provoke sympathy, rather than a negative trait that should be called out and worked on. So according to that logic, we should we feel sorry Donald Trump because of his narcissism now and not despise him, to use a topical example. I guess it's subjective but I'd call that sort of argument a form of gaslighting. Like they're saying, it's not the narcissists who are the problem, it's the people who don't understand the narcissists who are the problem. Keep yelling into the wind buddy.

I think because people may have added additional filters manually that might trigger the ad block detection, but that's just a guess. The guide was written by the uBlock Origin developers so I assume they have a reason for that step. But you can try without that step, it might well still work, especially in stock configuration.

Definitely, and note that (for me anyway) I didn't have to disable any of my other extensions. I think they are referring mainly to adblocking extensions in that step.