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aeva

ars technica: we don't know how they did it but google chrome now extracts a pint of blood every time you log on

chrome user, dizzy from blood loss: I swear to god I am like this close to switching to firefox

another chrome user, on the verge of fainting from severe blood loss: no need to resort to that, just switch to [insert today's trendy chrome fork here] and be smart like meeee

Sep 8, 2023 at 2:45amWeb
Show threadaevaSep 8, 2023
90% of you are in this picture and I don't like it
Show threadaevaSep 8, 2023
some of you people still read reddit and it shows. muting this
Show threadaevaSep 8, 2023
It's funny because the browser monoculture problem is like one of the few points in life where you can just change a personal preference and make an actual change in the world. It's like if voting with your dollar actually worked, or if switching to plastic straws actually stopped climate change. In the end though we're all gonna die because even something as simple and easy as this is just a bridge too far for people.
Show threadaevaSep 8, 2023
the way things are going now the problem is just going to get worse and then cloudflare will decide to cut out the middle man and introduce their special cloudflare web browser and then all of the chrome and chrome-fork die-hards will switch to that because finally we'll have a real contender to destroying the open web and privacy as we know it
Show threadMira MechtleySep 8, 2023
@aeva firefox and mastodon and things like them are just so weird though. it's like i start to use them but i can't figure out which tech daddy i'm supposed to worship and ask to please step on me.
Show threadchild of baphometSep 8, 2023
@biphenyl @aeva don't worry, their boots will find our necks either way.
Show threadLuna LacteaSep 8, 2023
@biphenyl @aeva Oh it's easy! You just find a random guy on GitHub who made a browser extension you like!
Show threadMia ‘Meetings? I Abstain’ Luna TearmoonAug 16, 2024
@biphenyl @aeva mastodon (the software) is weird, and so is, honestly, ActivityPub
Show threadNeonPayloadOct 3, 2023
@aeva
Show threadMike J👹🐀 🤘🏻Sep 8, 2023
@aeva Sort of like getting vaccinated. Free. Takes 5 minutes. Stops you from dying. Massive protests against it.
Show threadaevaSep 8, 2023
@mikej it breaks my heart how committed people are to making everything worse. I used to think that if the right choices also just happened to be the easiest ones people would just do them, but since the pandemic years have dragged on I don't know anymore.
Show threadPeter GoulbornSep 8, 2023
@aeva I guess there's possibly some hope to cling on to, since we've been here before and things did eventually change
Show threadMx. Luna Corbden 🐸Sep 8, 2023
@aeva I know you’ve muted this, but I’ve been wanting to switch (from Brave, which I didn’t realize was Chrome when I switched to it) for most of this year, but I’m disabled and my dad died and my mom is sick and my son is also disabled and I’ve got burnout and constant chronic pain and simply *can’t* do this or any of the other dire data hygiene building up. It’s all I can do just to survive.
Show threadaevaSep 8, 2023
@corbden it's ok, I'm personally issuing an exemption from feeling guilty about it
Show threadMx. Luna Corbden 🐸Sep 8, 2023
@aeva Thanks for listening! I think I just wanted someone to listen.
Show threadClinton Anderson SwordForHireSep 9, 2023

@corbden @aeva Wait... Brave is just Chrome?

Ffs......

So what a I supposed to use????

Show threadMx. Luna Corbden 🐸Sep 9, 2023
@ClintonAnderson @aeva Firefox is recommended.
Show threadClinton Anderson SwordForHireSep 9, 2023
@corbden @aeva 10 - 4
Show threadaevaSep 9, 2023
@ClintonAnderson @corbden firefox
Show threadTajomaSep 8, 2023

@aeva idk how much i agree with this, considering node and electron which have kinda taken over the world run on chrome's browser stack

also i feel like mozilla has been driving themselves into the ground for almost a decade now, they've been laying off countless teams that were behind the only mozilla products really taking off (Rust, MDN web docs, firefox devtools)

not to be a downer and say to give up on mozilla, and give up on firefox. by all means, switch to firefox, and if you're a web developer, ensure your web apps and websites support firefox 100%!!

Show threaddoomgirlSep 8, 2023
@aeva Firefox, Firefox! 
Show threadaevaSep 8, 2023
@booty as my grandma always said, "if firefox is good enough for the furries it's good enough for me"
Show threaddoomgirlSep 8, 2023
@aeva we must have the same grandma! Lmao
Show threadDreaming of dad jazz.Sep 8, 2023

@aeva @booty

Considering that the tech industry would collapse without furries it's probably a good choice.

Show threadUrsidinoj/The BjornsdottirsSep 8, 2023
@aeva @booty is your grandma a furry
Show threadaevaSep 8, 2023
@ellenor2000 @booty no my grandma is dead
Show threadBeady Belle FanchannelSep 9, 2023
@aeva @ellenor2000 @booty Great buildup, great delivery.
Show threadChris RealSep 22, 2023

@aeva @booty I'm partially using Firefox (like right now), but I still haven't found an alternative that downloads pages besides Chrome. The 'Share/Save as PDF' in Firefox is unwieldy and illegible on a cell phone.

Reading pages offline is a thing—for me, anyway.

Maybe somebody will find me a solution, so I can delete Chrome.

Show threadIvo CavalcanteOct 2, 2023
@_chris_real @aeva @booty
Not sure if it's what you after/need, bit there's Pocket (by Mozilla) tightly integrated I'm Firefox and provides (used to?) just this (and more): offline page reading.
Show threadChris RealOct 2, 2023
@ivo_cavalcante @aeva @booty Tanks, I'll check it out!
Show threadsome kind of orange shapeOct 2, 2023
@_chris_real Looks like you still need a development build of Android Firefox, at least for now, but there is an extension that will do what you want: WebScrapBook https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/webscrapbook/
WebScrapBook – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox Android (en-US)

Download WebScrapBook for Firefox. Capture web pages to local device or backend server for future retrieval, organization, annotation, and edit.

Show threadChris RealOct 2, 2023
@clayote thanx, I'll check it out!
Show threadiN8sWoRLdOct 3, 2023
@_chris_real @aeva @booty
I have used the SingleFile add-on in Firefox for this and it seems to work well:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/single-file/
SingleFile – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

Download SingleFile for Firefox. Save an entire web page—including images and styling—as a single HTML file.

Show threadjellSep 8, 2023
@aeva But but but, they just read the 'Is Firefox Stinky, Paid For In Small Part By Alphabet Inc' research paper which found that, to great surprise, Firefox is stinky!
Show threadIvan Sagalaev Sep 8, 2023
@aeva funnily enough, I remember a poll on Mastodon (pre Musk migration) where Firefox turned out to be the majority browser, which surprised me a lot. May be it's time to run a new one.
Show threadaevaSep 8, 2023
@isagalaev normally I'd question the wisdom of putting too much trust in a social media poll but I haven't had a single enraged person in my mentions frothing about how firefox killed jfk or something so I think you might be on to something with this "[this corner of] mastodon is mostly cool people" theory of yours
Show threadIvan Sagalaev Sep 8, 2023
@aeva I wouldn't go as far as characterizing people based just on that, but it's an interesting data point nonetheless.
Show threadaevaSep 8, 2023
@isagalaev 80 boosts in 2 hours? I'd have like three people blocked by now minimum if this was Shitter
Show threadIvan Sagalaev Sep 8, 2023

@aeva welcome to the Fediverse :-)

P.S. anyway, I just ran such a poll

Show threadaevaSep 8, 2023
@isagalaev thanks! i've been here since 2012 ish
Show threadIvan Sagalaev Sep 8, 2023
@aeva oh, so before Mastodon? What software did you use?
Show threadaevaSep 8, 2023
@isagalaev identi.ca and pump.io
Show threadaevaSep 8, 2023
@isagalaev and media goblin
Show threadIvan Sagalaev Sep 8, 2023
@aeva haven't even heard of this one!
Show threadaevaSep 8, 2023
@isagalaev it's pretty cool
Show threadOblomovSep 8, 2023
@isagalaev @aeva hey, give us the link!
Show threadIvan Sagalaev Sep 8, 2023
@oblomov @aeva it's the last post on my profile. https://mastodon.social/@isagalaev/111027776713051174
Show threadArne BrasseurSep 8, 2023
@aeva @isagalaev I did a poll like that just yesterday! Small sample size but Firefox is a pretty clear winner. At least we can conclude I have cool followers https://toot.cat/@plexus/111022457368581326
Arne Brasseur (@[email protected])

Which browser(s) do you use? [ ] Edge [ ] Safari [ ] Chrome/Chromium [ ] Firefox [ ] Brave/Vivaldi/other

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Show threadKevin RussellSep 8, 2023

@aeva @isagalaev

Firefox killed jfk? Oh noes. With a candle? In the Dining room?

Show threadLea de Groot TZ+10Oct 19, 2023
@aeva @isagalaev yeah, given my poll here for the recent Australian referendum said it would pass with 90% and it failed with 40%… yeah non typical people here!
Show threadKristeil L.Sep 8, 2023
@aeva @isagalaev I think I remember that pole, and got kind of annpyed that FF and Chrome were the only options.
Ik why, its because everyone who used Brave/Edge/whatever would hit "Other" even though they're Chrome, but still.
Show threadIvan Sagalaev Sep 8, 2023
@kegthoth_rha @aeva in the one I'm running right now I have "Chrome (any flavor)". Not sure how much it's going to help, but I did my due diligence :-)
Show threadfirewyreSep 9, 2023
@isagalaev @aeva feels like classic sampling bias, early mastodon users are exactly the kind of people that would use firefox
Show threadaevaSep 9, 2023
@firewyre @isagalaev the real sampling bias has been that my mentions have been complete dogshit since this hit 127 boosts. I figure it must have jumped over to the reddit clones branch of activitypub around that point.
Show threadIvan Sagalaev Sep 9, 2023
@aeva @firewyre had the same problem, but some good folks suggested I could mute the conversation. Which for some reason hadn't occurred to me before that :-)
Show threadaevaSep 9, 2023
@isagalaev @firewyre oh I mean, well, yes, and I even went and tacked an indignant vaguely threatening "muting this" post to the thread yesterday, but then for reasons I cannot explain, I've left the whole thing unmuted as a joke at my own expense to which I'm also the only person laughing. I tell myself it's a setup for a "don't believe everything you read on the internet" joke but no one's walked into it yet
Show threadgkrnoursSep 8, 2023

@aeva I'm this close to forking firefox so I have classic one for work and a rebranded one like ice weasel but with and icon I would commission.

I'm glad I switched to Fx

Show threadastraSep 8, 2023
@aeva would be great if firefox's engine were easier to reuse. i've seen it cited as being difficult to use as the reason we don't see this happening with firefox.
Show threadaevaSep 8, 2023
@astra what really? but they rewrote it in rust
Show threadDecivexSep 8, 2023
@astra @aeva I've done some research into what it would take and the only documentation I could find is over a decade old.