Mastodawn

Nowhere Girl May 20, 2025

I don't want to "talk" to my browser. I don't want my browser to "summarize" things. I don't want my browser to "help" me with things. I don't want my browser to do anything except show me web pages and shut the fuck up and get out of the way.

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Kevin Karhan

May 20, 2025

@gwynnion +9001%

It's meant to display websites just like a PDF reader is supposed to render those files or an Image viewer is supposed to show me supported files.

And if that makes me a radical, then people are happily invited to unfollow me for using @torproject / #TorBrowser and #LynxBrowser over #Tor!

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Jonathan Beverley May 20, 2025

@kkarhan @gwynnion @torproject strong disagree. I want my browser to protect me from web pages. To block ads. To disable trackers. To remove consent popups without agreeing with them.

It is my agent, and I want it to be accountable to me and my interests, against the interests of the servers.

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ltning

@sagefault @kkarhan @gwynnion @torproject It's in the name: "User Agent". An agent working on behalf of the user. Not some other entity; me. For me. I tell it what to do. Not the other way round, and no more and no less.

I tell it to get out of my way - it should let me fire off all the foot cannons I want. I tell it to protect me - it should do so in the manner I want.

User Agent. *My* agent.