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  • Valso@lemmy.mlOPtoMemes@lemmy.mlFirefox updates vs me
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    4 months ago

    No. That’s the brainwashing talking. By keeping you scared about your security, all browser developers keep you under their complete control. And with that they impose their views on what your browser should look like/behave like. But most of the time they simply remove or change options - some are visibly removed/changed, others are either hidden or in about:config and are locked, so that you can’t use them or are just rendered inoperable. Security updates are just the excuse to impose their will on you. I had it enough of Mozilla’s constant chopping the browser off, so I moved to Waterfox which brings back all options Mozilla ever removed and then some. But by the time you remember that the browser is supposed to serve you, not the other way around, it will be too late.



  • The route they usually take is quite short. I can walk it in 10 minutes without rushing. I did follow them once, out of boredom and saw what they took pictures of - the rocket (some call it a mosque) and the 3 christian churches in the near area. I also asked their guid and she confirmed it. No matter what nation they’re from, they always take pictures of churches only. I suppose I can understand taking pictures of one specific church bc it’s underground and the reason for that is historical, but the rest… When it comes to churches and/or bibles, I prefer to do what they show on “Lords of Chaos”. :D





  • Thanks. This makes things… sort of more clear but not by much. Bc I’ve joined an atheism community which apparently is on .world and I can comment there just fine. But at the same that post I mentioned opens at .world and says I must login. (scratching my head where it doesn’t itch 😂) Still, thanks to all three of you for the answers, I wasn’t sure if my question will be answered or deleted.



  • The final straw to leave and this time for good (bc the platform threatened me with IP and network ban, if I deleted my account - which I did) was after I shared a link to a FF extension (in a Firefox group) I revived and improved (the extension was abandoned 4 years ago). Fascistbook deleted my post with two reasons: “fraudulent content” and “offensive content”. I didn’t know that uploading an extension on AMO (addons dot mozilla dot org) was considered fraudulent and offensive on Fascistbook. Looks like it’s true that now Suckerberg hates Linux (bc I mentioned the extension works on both Windows and Linux versions of Firefox) and deletes/block anything related to it.

    In any case, I’m not going back there ever again. I could use a VPN, if I wanted to get back on FB, but I won’t. Like the CEO like the “social” network - garbage. It’s gotten so bad there that you can’t even share a video of Pussycat Dolls because of the word “Pussy” and the bots think that the band’s name is a derogatory term for a woman, therefore it gets instantly removed. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️


  • • The manually pinned literally sink somewhere behind the repeatedly pinned links from other sites, so manually is pointless. • If “force stop” and then start FFA were enough, I wouldn’t mention phone reboot. • Never heard of those but I’ll definitely try them. Thanks for the info. • If it does, I’never found it in the settings. Or, for whatever reason, it doesn’t appear on Xiaomi phones.

    Reading Hadriscus’ comment below ours from 2 weeks ago, looks like the reason I abandoned the desktop FF (and went for a fork) has been moved to FFA - enorcing their view on what’s best for the user without giving the user the option to revert what they have done. Do I have to say this behavior which famous corp. reminds me of or will Mozilla think of it themselves?



  • Fortunately I’m safe from that bc right after I assembled my current PC (even before moving the distro to it; yes, moving, not “installing”), I entered BIOS and disabled secure boot, IPM 2.0 and pretty much everything Spyware related. Only then I booted Clonezilla and extracted from the backup image. Since I had done the same on the old PC in BIOS, that means my Arch was never installed with SB and IPM active.

    On top of that the last update of BIOS nearly broke it, so I flashed it back to the more stable version the motherboard came with. And since I have no intention to update BIOS, I’m safe from all that trouble.