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I don't think that's even a conspiracy theory, I think it's obvious that's what they're doing.

Even for what they offer now; if you already have your payment details registered with "X", then it's a much easier decision to make about paying for a blue tick or editing rights or whatever else.

Not strictly, no - there is an apply-live option now. Restarting is still a good idea though as with any distro.

I don't know if I'd count it because I'd consider it part of Fedora, but +1 for Silverblue. I've been playing with it for 3 years and daily driving it for the past year - it's been great seeing it improve during that time and feels like the future.

Are you replying to the right person?

OK, fair enough, I misread your question. Honestly I've not really encountered many websites that don't work on Firefox, less than 1% surely, and when I do I tend to avoid that website. If I can't avoid it I tend to fall back to using GNOME Web (Epiphany), or ungoogled Chromium from Flathub (which I think receives regular updates, I'm not sure what the exploit you're talking about is, should I be worried?).

I would be much more happy to give Vivaldi a go if we lived in a world where much more browser diversity existed.

You’d need a very good reason to not use Firefox given that it’s all that stands against a Google monopoly on web standards. I was using a Chromium-based browser myself until Opera and Microsoft both abandoned their own browser engines - after that I couldn’t possibly justify not supporting Firefox.

Vivaldi does look very good, and takes me back to the old Opera days when Opera was good. But from a privacy point of view it's just short-sighted to use a chromium-based browser, even if that browser promises and provides privacy.

Lee Mack

The irony is if they did have non-targeted ads I'd have more good-will towards them and I would be more likely to pay their subscription. But spying on users and being sneaky about it makes me hostile and want to double-down against what they want.

I use FreeTube, it's excellent. Alternatively download everything with yt-dlp.

It's not the advertising that's the problem, it's the tracking and surveillance that comes with it. Until they get rid of that, uBlock Origin is a necessary security measure.

I thought you just reply with the letter "J" that's the convention, right?

Supposing you're right, do you think all Palestinians should suffer due to failures of their government? I'm pretty sure they're not a hive mind.

You'd need a very good reason to not use Firefox given that it's all that stands against a Google monopoly on web standards. I was using a Chromium-based browser myself until Opera and Microsoft both abandoned their own browser engines - after that I couldn't possibly justify not supporting Firefox.

It would have to offer something substantial that can't be done in a browser; the only thing I can think of off the top of my head is maybe some kind of command-line app if there's a demand for it. I think the current UI is fine but the kind of improvements you're looking for might be better for a browser extension like RES.

I notice a lot less spam on beehaw so they must be doing something right.

Infinite scrolling

There's always been a weird market for "luxury" tech that's a gold-plated version of what everyone else has. I remember gold-plated pre-smartphone phones that went for ridiculous amounts of money; of course it becomes obsolete, it's targeting those with money but no foresight.

Is this like shooting for the moon in Hearts (if enough people get that reference)? Find yourself losing so you hit every single bad point for no other reason than some esoteric reward?

I use adblocking software to block surveillance by ad networks, which is needed for security. I would have no problem with a website hosting ads that were more like television ads that were just hosted locally and didn't have user tracking - but Meta aren't offering that option. So while it might be ludicrous to expect online service free of charge without advertising, it's not ludicrous to expect/demand it without spyware.