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Why I use Firefox (xn--ime-zza.eu)
submitted 2 years ago by neop@discuss.tchncs.de to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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[–] iopq@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ad blocking on Android is the killer feature. Can't possibly go into the YouTube app and watch there, it's cancerous

[–] Krafting@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Revanced my man ! Or newpipe !

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I too, enjoy not being able to watch videos when YouTube API had been changed

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

Eh, it's usually fixed pretty quickly. When it breaks, I just watch through Firefox with my ad blocker instead.

The YouTube app sucks, I've disabled it and intend to never use it again.

[–] Fisch@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Or LibreTube

[–] eksb@programming.dev 14 points 2 years ago

I will never understand why browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab = false is not the default, or why it is not an option in the Tab section of settings.

[–] NewPerspective@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This is one of the shadiest looking links I've ever seen. No way am I clicking that.

[–] d_k_bo@feddit.de 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The actual url is https://šime.eu/3

It's called Punycode.

[–] neop@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Exactly, in some contexts it is displayed like this to mitigate homograph attacks, where someone creates similar looking URLs for phishing purposes. Nothing shady about Punycode by itself, but it's good to be aware of homograph attacks. Internationalized domain names (IDNs) are cool :)

[–] wtwagg@mastodon.social 10 points 2 years ago

@NewPerspective @neop I just read it and it isn't shady. It's just not some fancy site owned by some media company.

The only thing I think he missed was the excellent reader view that I have never seen done as well anywhere else.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It's just a website. Actually a decent looking one too.

If someone wanted you to click that link with bad intentions, pretty sure they would have a normal domain name. :)

[–] NewPerspective@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, still not clicking it

[–] SteveKLord@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is what it redirects to if it seems safer: https://šime.eu/3

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

Too long didn’t click?