Engywuck

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Engywuck,

I’ve been slowly dying since my first shot!1!1!1

Engywuck,

Not if you block internet connection at system level. I think it can be done if GBoard in installed as an user app, not as a system one.

Engywuck,

Of course. My “problem” is that I need to write in 3 languages at the same time and switching languages manually in Open board is a bit cumbersome, while in GBoard it happens automatically.

Engywuck,

Lol, this killed me

Engywuck,

I’ll keep using it, thank you for your concerns. At least I’m not giving market share to FF/Gecko/Mozilla.

Engywuck,

Let’s say I just dislike them as an org/com and I don’t like the shit they have made FF into. After being a FF since the beginning (it still was Phoenix, back then). Nowadays FF sole selling point is the existence of uBlock Origin (which isn’t even a Mozilla product) and the Chromium-dominance fear-mongering. Every other browsers just works better, faster, has a better U (I refuse to waste my time untucking it using Class) and is more suited to my workflow. Moreover, I sincerely think that Mozilla is at best useless, at worst just a cash grab and a shady org. The fact that the CEO paycheck almost matches all the donations they receive (from clueless people thinking that they’re funding FF development) and that it keeps growing despite FF the decreasing market share should be more than enough for everyone to reconsider Mozilla’s ethics:

  1. …locals.com/…/firefox-money-investigating-the-biz…
  2. reddit.com/…/can_someone_explain_why_mozillas_ceo…
  3. calpaterson.com/mozilla.html

Plus, frankly speaking, I’m fed up of being schooled by YouTube-addictes with a Gmail account and that buy crap on Amazon that my browser choice is “wrong” because potato.

That said, I’ll put my grain of sand to make Mozilla and their shitty circle jerk community (even more) irrelevant, whenever I can. I profoundly regret having been part of that community for almost 20 years.

This is going be my last comment in this useless thread. I’m not interested in debating a d I’ll ignore further replies. I have just answered your question.

Engywuck,

Wait until you have kids.

Engywuck,

My conclusion, since already a few years ago, is that donating to Mozilla does actually nothing “for the free web”. Most people donate thinking that their money fuel FF development. They’re being basically scammed.

Engywuck,

My own searxng instance, listed at searx.space

Engywuck,

Well, you can always degoogle an android phone, even without rooting it (adb).

Engywuck,

Reggaeton

Engywuck,

Necessary for what? If you want to block ads system-wide, you can use the Private DNS feature. But to fiddle with system partition/install Xposed stuff you definitely need root

Engywuck,

nextdns, ControlD, Rethink DNS and AdGuard all have free tiers with adblocking capabilities and DoT.

Engywuck,

Mastodon. My Twitter account is empty and just used to contact companies for warranty stuff /order shipping issues etc.

I’m not interested in the slightest in celebrities/influencers/“creators”.

Engywuck,

Well, it works for me. Customer assistance for some companies seems to work better on X/Twitter than through email.

Engywuck, (edited )

Same.

Plus, my instance is proxies through Clouflare and only IPs from my country are allowed.

Engywuck,

Zoho? Cheap and reliable.

Engywuck,

I didn’t personally experience any kind of problem during all the time I have used them on a free tier (more than 6-7 years, for sure).

Engywuck, (edited )

Oh, look. It’s only been posted a thousand times this week…

Engywuck,

Nothing a good instance of PiHole or Adguard Home can’t deal with

Engywuck,

Forget about free domains if you want to do something remotely serious with them. A real domain is few dollars/year and AFAIK you could use it coupled with GitHub Pages for simple, static websites or with altervista.org if you need WordPress.

Engywuck,

Me, IRL

Engywuck,

I use Brave and enjoy it. What’s the problem?

Engywuck,

That’s fine. You shouldn’t use something you don’t enjoy.

I enjoy Brave as a browser and I’ll keep using it until I find something that suits me better.

Engywuck, (edited )

" it will be used by Google to deny access to their services unless you are using a browser that gels with their profit margin"

Cool. So people using a different browser will move elsewhere. Maybe they’ll even stop youtube addiction. Cant’ really see a downside.

“It is not far-fetched to imagine a future in which sites simply refuse to serve pages to users running free browsers or free operating systems.”

Same here. Sites doing this wouldn’t probably worth to be looked at anyway.

Engywuck,

I couldn’t care less about YouTube, Gplay or GDrive. And people hosting their own videos is a good thing, in my opinion.

Engywuck,

I use a cheap (lowest tier) hetzner ampere server + wordpress container. Works like a breeze.

My Opinion: NewPipe, Piped, Invidious, etc's days are numbered.

With Reddit shutting down its API setting a precedent in the corporate tech world (and Reddit was a major outlier in that a ton of their users are technical minded and support third party clients, YouTube does not have that kind of userbase and will not get backlash for it), Twitter doing whatever the fuck they’re doing, and...

Engywuck,

My solution? I just blocked youtube.com at dns level in my house. Fuck it. It’s not like there aren’t books around to learn stuff from.

Engywuck,

I left it because their “new” UI, but that was just thelast straw (after 20 years) Won’t go back.

Engywuck,

You can’t legally donate to Firefox, as it is developed by a Corp (Mozilla Corp.). Donations go to Mozilla Foundation, which does… other things with you money. In other words, your money don’t go towards FF development.

Engywuck, (edited )

You can’t legally donate to Firefox, as it is developed by a Corp (Mozilla Corp.).

Donations go to Mozilla Foundation, which does… other things with you money (advocacy and, frankly speaking, a lot of unrelated crap) In other words, your money don’t go towards FF development, so you may want to think twice before donating.

Engywuck,

not just browser development

Not even a single dime can go towards FF development, as it is done by a Corporation (Mozilla Corp.) which can’t legally take donations.

Engywuck,

You can’t legally donate to Firefox, as it is developed by a Corp (Mozilla Corp.). Donations go to Mozilla Foundation, which does… other things with you money. In other words, your money don’t go towards FF development.

So, if you donate thinking that your money helps Firefox development, you’re doing it wrong.

Engywuck,

I don’t think it works like this. Anyway, your money, your choice.

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