Mastodawn

Viss 1d ago

hey

run firefox?

hit about:config
search for 'telemetry'

disable aaaaaaaaaallll that shit

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Tim Lavoie 1d ago

@Viss JFC, there's a ton of shit in there. Makes me think that any time I run FF, I should do it while proxied through Burp.

Not exactly coercing me back from Vivaldi (but I did nuke all that while I was in there).

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Viss 1d ago

@tim_lavoie vivaldi is nice but its still got some stuff that carries over from chrome which i hate - like how it supports proxies, and how horizontal scrolling if you have a shitload of tabs is a fucking nightmare

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Tim Lavoie 1d ago

@Viss True, and I really love the temporary containers option on Firefox, which along with keeping uBo would be the main drivers to switch back. It's feeling like a harder sell all the time though.

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LukefromDC 1d ago

@tim_lavoie @Viss Forks like librewolf tend to turn this sort of shit off by default.

Think of Firefox being enshittified and the forks bringing the toilet paper, the shower, and the soap.

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Tim Lavoie 1d ago

@LukefromDC @Viss Yeah, that's pretty much what I see Vivaldi doing for Chrome / Chromium as well.

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Amorpheus

@tim_lavoie @LukefromDC @Viss For me, the first hint not to use Vivaldi was it being under EULA. The main reason for large instances to accumulate power through knowledge is the users longing for comfort and functionality. This is also the reason why I stepped back from webkit. Sometimes you gotta sacrifice something in order to shift paradigms.