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[-] DessertStorms@kbin.social 119 points 11 months ago

Fuck google and all that, but also fuck using "mental illness" as a derogatory term.

[-] sapo@beehaw.org 24 points 11 months ago

My bad, I reposted this because of the recent Google stuff without considering that issue. I'll remove it if anyone asks.

[-] DessertStorms@kbin.social 21 points 11 months ago

Just something to keep in mind for the future.

[-] sapo@beehaw.org 15 points 11 months ago

Of course! Thanks for the heads up.

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yea! I prefer collecting mental illnesses like Pokemon to detract from people who actually have them!

[-] solinus@lemmy.cafe 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

i thought it's supposed to be one of those memes that parody lgbt-phobic images about genders (see attached image), but still, make sure to avoid that usage

[-] DessertStorms@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

I'd never seen that other meme, and it could be a parody, but lets be fair - ableism and saneism are absolutely rampant on all sides of the political spectrum, and it's probably a coincidence rather than a parody...

[+] nave@lemmy.zip 28 points 11 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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[-] sapo@beehaw.org 35 points 11 months ago

I didn't make the meme, but closed-source browsers should all be a no-go. Plus, OS exclusivity is never great.

[-] zeerooth@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

True, but at least its engine, WebKit, is open source and a few other open-source browsers are based on it. Also it works on Linux.

[-] emhl@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago

Brave and chromium are Fully open source though (I know this meme is about the dominance of Chromium based browsers not open Source or not)

[-] dingus@lemmy.ml 19 points 11 months ago

I know it used to be cross-platform, but at this point its clearly proprietary and is only available on macOS and iOS.

Apple uses their walled garden approach to limit a lot of things, including forcing all browsers on iOS to use WebKit to render. So it really limits other browsers ability to compete with Safari because they can't as easily add new features (including better access to ad-blocking). That's finally going to be changing, but mostly because of being forced to do so by the European Union. Apple is just fairly anti-competitive in certain ways is all, and certainly has been with their browser for a long time.

[-] 20gramsWrench@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 months ago

doesn't track it's users

closed source

pick one

[-] Simplesyrup@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

Find that hard to believe

[-] Navarian@lemm.ee 20 points 11 months ago

Don't forget Waterfox, privacy centric version of Firefox.

[-] eleefece@kbin.social 23 points 11 months ago

Or LibreWolf

[-] dsemy@lemm.ee 16 points 11 months ago

Is Pale Moon even considered secure anymore?

I doubt they’re able to keep up these days honestly…

[-] sexybenfranklin@ttrpg.network 15 points 11 months ago

Didn't the dude who runs palemoon get real mad about some business donating money to black causes or something? Not a great look.

[-] sapo@beehaw.org 12 points 11 months ago

fuck, knock that one down a rank too

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago

Not agreeing 100% with everyone goes a long way. The world can be a better place as long as we support each other in generally the right direction together

[-] 20gramsWrench@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago

dude's a dickhead but that says nothing about his browser

[-] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago

There's a distinct lack of Librewolf in this image

[-] KingPyrox@kbin.social 7 points 11 months ago

Can someone inform me what's wrong with the brave browser?

[-] Cube6392@beehaw.org 23 points 11 months ago

It's chromium and the company sells telemetry data to advertisers. It's quite literally doing the thing it draws users in with.

[-] Skimmer@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 months ago

What? I agree with a lot of the Brave criticism and don't think they're perfect by any means, but saying they "sell telemetry data to advertisers" is just false and a completely baseless claim.

[-] KingPyrox@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

Is Firefox not also using chromium?

[-] gullible@kbin.social 20 points 11 months ago

No, Firefox is entirely distinct from chromium.

[-] KingPyrox@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

I did not know this, thank you.

[-] Teon@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Firefox does not use Chromium. However, people get confused because when you mod FF you change the userChrome file with CSS.
FF has had that file name even before Google had a browser.

[-] Cube6392@beehaw.org 6 points 11 months ago

Firefox uses their own engine, Gecko

[-] glacier@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 11 months ago

Chromium based (which may be a pro or con depending on who you ask).
Their CEO has made homophobic political donations and resigned from Mozilla due to backlash for it.
They have been caught doing shady things like inserting affiliate links into the address bar suggestions.
They use their browser to push their crypto currency, news and other garbage.

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

I was ok with 1 and opted out of 3 and 4 but had no idea about 2

[-] KingPyrox@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Hahaha I use their crypto to buy crypto I want so that's the reason I asked in the first place. But I guess I'll go back to Firefox, which is the browser I prefer anyways.

These reasons are definitely an eye opener.

[-] corytheboyd@kbin.social 7 points 11 months ago

It’s chromium

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago

Chromium based

[-] slavojrizzek@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Chromium cringe

[-] DagonPie@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

Shit I just switched to Opera. Now I gotta switch again.

[-] Rayspekt@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

Whats the blue looking firefox icon in the top row?

[-] TooMuchDog@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

Firefox Nightly

[-] Cube6392@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

Pale Moon. Its a fork from Firefox three if I recall correctly. I'm not sure if its still maintained