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How is "modify about:config" not having it "your way"?

by eropple 9y ago

icebraining 9y ago
Might as well use Firefox then, you can always modify the source.
- eropple 9y ago
  I think PaleMoon is largely silly, but we aren't talking about having to modify the source to use the silly clickjacker. We're talking about typing a URL and changing a number. Which is why the angst being demonstrated is bonkers (and largely ideologically motivated, not to put too fine a point on it).
  - icebraining 9y ago
    Of course it's ideologically motivated. The whole point of using Pale Moon is its ideology - represented by the motto "Your browser, you way". Ideologies are at the core of humanness. Using it as an insult is just sad. And it's exactly because the ideology that the browser represented, and for which many people switched to it, is seen as having been betrayed that people are criticizing it. Whether the roadblock is easy to surmount is irrelevant.
  - sanxiyn 9y ago
    I think angst is primarily for classifying AdNauseam as malware, which it clearly isn't. At least, that's the primary reason of angst for me.
  - khedoros1 9y ago
    It's a matter of degree, not kind. It's much more of a hassle to compile a custom version of the program than to modify the default configuration, but the point is that in both cases there's a default that does something that the user doesn't want.
benchaney 9y ago
You already got to decide which extensions you install. Making them disappear by default is a clear attempt to prevent people from installing an extension they may want.
- eropple 9y ago
  OK, and? "Your way." Modify about:config. (Or, yanno, keep shitposting on /g/, as the complainers are wont to do.)
  - benchaney 9y ago
    > OK, and? Most people view attempts to manipulate others as bad. Especially in the context of free software that has "Your Browser Your Way" as a tag line. > Modify about:config I don't use Pale Moon, so I don't have too :)
rnhmjoj 9y ago
Personally I can't tolerate for too long a software that I have to fight with everyday to make it work the way I want. With Firefox it started with a few small changes but in the end I have found myself working on an userPrefs.js with hunders of lines, compiling the source with custom build flags and patches just to have a browser that doesn't spy actively on me. I really hope it won't happen with PaleMoon too but this isn't a good sign.
- thejynxed 9y ago
  I can't believe you went through all of that when you could have just used Wireshark to find out where the browser was phoning home to and blacklisting the IPs in your router or HOSTS file.

How is "modify about:config" not having it "your way"?

icebraining 9y ago

Might as well use Firefox then, you can always modify the source.

eropple 9y ago
I think PaleMoon is largely silly, but we aren't talking about having to modify the source to use the silly clickjacker. We're talking about typing a URL and changing a number. Which is why the angst being demonstrated is bonkers (and largely ideologically motivated, not to put too fine a point on it).
- icebraining 9y ago
  Of course it's ideologically motivated. The whole point of using Pale Moon is its ideology - represented by the motto "Your browser, you way". Ideologies are at the core of humanness. Using it as an insult is just sad. And it's exactly because the ideology that the browser represented, and for which many people switched to it, is seen as having been betrayed that people are criticizing it. Whether the roadblock is easy to surmount is irrelevant.
- sanxiyn 9y ago
  I think angst is primarily for classifying AdNauseam as malware, which it clearly isn't. At least, that's the primary reason of angst for me.
- khedoros1 9y ago
  It's a matter of degree, not kind. It's much more of a hassle to compile a custom version of the program than to modify the default configuration, but the point is that in both cases there's a default that does something that the user doesn't want.

benchaney 9y ago

You already got to decide which extensions you install. Making them disappear by default is a clear attempt to prevent people from installing an extension they may want.

eropple 9y ago
OK, and? "Your way." Modify about:config. (Or, yanno, keep shitposting on /g/, as the complainers are wont to do.)
- benchaney 9y ago
  > OK, and? Most people view attempts to manipulate others as bad. Especially in the context of free software that has "Your Browser Your Way" as a tag line. > Modify about:config I don't use Pale Moon, so I don't have too :)

rnhmjoj 9y ago

Personally I can't tolerate for too long a software that I have to fight with everyday to make it work the way I want. With Firefox it started with a few small changes but in the end I have found myself working on an userPrefs.js with hunders of lines, compiling the source with custom build flags and patches just to have a browser that doesn't spy actively on me. I really hope it won't happen with PaleMoon too but this isn't a good sign.

thejynxed 9y ago
I can't believe you went through all of that when you could have just used Wireshark to find out where the browser was phoning home to and blacklisting the IPs in your router or HOSTS file.