Daniel GibsonDec 19

I don't think I'll stop using Firefox anytime soon.
Yes, their management are fucking idiots and it's annoying that I'll have to disable new AI features whenever they release them..

But the alternative is to use something Chromium-based, which would make Google's domination of web technology absolute - and Google is 100x more evil than Mozilla ever could be.

I hope this fucking bubble pops before Mozilla fucks up Firefox so badly that it becomes completely unusable

Show threadDaniel GibsonDec 19
(yes, there are also the soft-forks of Firefox, but I don't think I'd gain much from them - security updates probably arrive a bit later, and apparently AI features still reach their users before they get around to disabling them)
Show threadCassandrichDec 20

@Doomed_Daniel If Mozilla gets worse, those will quickly get better. Until then your approach is completely reasonable.

I would recommend tho making sure automatic updates are blocked so you have the chance to prepare for any new malicious functionality before it's turned on without your knowledge.

Show threadDaniel GibsonDec 20
@dalias
yeah, I'm using package managers that respect my choices (i.e. on Ubuntu I've installed it with apt instead of snap, on my Arch Linux machine I didn't have to do anything)
Show threadCassandrichDec 20
@Doomed_Daniel That's the best. If you're getting Firefox from a trusted Linux distro rather than as shipped by Mozilla, the threat from Mozilla is very low. ❤️ distros. They are so underappreciated.
Show threadLaurent BercotDec 20
@dalias a lot of them are not appreciated for a reason.
Show threadCassandrich
@ska Most of the major ones except Ubuntu are at least decent, no?
Dec 20 at 4:32pmWeb
Show threadLaurent BercotDec 20
@dalias Most of them abdicated their job of defining a unified policy as soon as systemd showed them that they could just follow what was pushed by upstream and turn off their critical thinking.