Not cool: I mainly use Firefox, but keep Vivaldi around for sites that only work with Blink/Chrome-based browsers.

I hadn't opened Vivaldi in a while, and it had updated since the last time. I have my start page set to blank/empty - and when I opened it there were two big sponsored speed-dial entries shown.

I have always had all sponsored/suggested/etc features turned off.

Bad #Vivaldi.

#sponsor #spam #advertising #misfeature #antifeature

If you follow #Firefox news at all, you will have seen the recent announcement of Mozilla's new CEO. And being a Fediverse denizen, you probably experienced a wave of disgust, nausea, betrayal, anger, and / or shame, because the new idiot is all-in on "AI" / LLM integration in Firefox.

The best brief summary of the announcement I've seen is this:

https://mamot.fr/@ploum/115730935437271047

If you prefer your hot takes a little saltier, this is another entry in the apparently unending series of self-inflicted injuries:

https://retro.social/@ifixcoinops/115732207063445044

As others have noted, it's one of the clearest examples of a company getting their own customers' wants completely ass-backwards ever seen. And that includes topping all the "AI" announcements #Mozilla has made over the last couple of years, so it's really saying something.

There are community/volunteer #forks of Firefox that remove the #LLM #junk, but many people, including me, don't believe that's a particularly #sustainable model.

1/x

#browser #community #independent #NoAI #NobodyWants #AntiFeature

Can someone please #ExplainToMeLikeIm5 WHY THE FUCK DOES A #CHARGER NEED "#Cloud" and "#AI" 'features' or a shitty, non-self adjusting #Clock ???

• Worse even: This isn't like some fancy "Lab Equipment" to do custom charge voltage and amperage curves or something where said settings may come in handy (Like needing to charge or discharge a custom cell / battery pack design/chemistry), but it's just a giant #GaN #USB #PowerDelivery block, so there is no reason to shove an #LCD (or even #OLED) into that case to begin with!

THIS IS NOT A "BENCHTOP POWER SUPPLY" WITH DIALS AND KNOBS!

• All this #Enshittification - #Bloat will only drive up prices cuz #Greedflation is a thing!

#Bloatware #WTF #ProductDesign #HardwareDesign #Commentary #tech #technology #Anker #Prime #AnkerPrime250W #AnkerPrime #AntiFeatures #AntiFeature #Hardware #Charging #USBcharger #USBc #USBpd

Oh, yeah, Feeld has been busy implementing new features, or maybe I should say new *anti*-features.

One of these anti-features is the hidden bio. You can hide a portion of your bio behind a button that people have to tap onto to reveal. They can tap onto it if they match with you.

You do you, but I'd advise against using it. I saw a person, who at first glance I appeared compatible with, but their bio was entirely hidden. 😕 To me, that's the same as not having any bio at all. I pass on those folks who cannot be bothered to write a bio. I passed on this person.

Even if the entire bio is not hidden, I've got to wonder. What is it that you have in there that you think needs to be said *there*, but that you DO NOT want people to see??? A hidden bio is a yellow flag. If only a small part is hidden, I don't automatically pass, but it does make me lean towards passing.

As far as I see it, the hidden bio is entirely unnecessary. Either, you can just plainly say what you need to say. (And the users on Feeld are not particularly shy about saying what they need to say.) Or, you can reveal its content in chat.

As I said, that's an anti-feature.

#Feeld #DatingApp #OnlineDating #antifeature