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what the fuck, whats happening in the tech scene :( what should I use if I _dont_ want to be in the botnet or scammed and outside of google's mesh
by sergiotapia 6y ago
what the fuck, whats happening in the tech scene :(
what should I use if I _dont_ want to be in the botnet or scammed and outside of google's mesh
- coryrc 6y agoFirefox, like always.
- superkuh 6y agoI used Opera from 5 to 12, then Firefox till v37, and it's been Pale Moon ever since. Check out the latest release notes. I know I'm not the only one that likes things such as, >Removed more telemetry code >Removed the in-browser speech recognition engine and API >Removed support for the obsolete and unmaintained NVidia 3DVision stereoscopic interface. Palemoon is Firefox if it were still Firefox instead of feature-for-feature chrome copy for watching encrypted netflix.
- Shared404 6y agoI would love to be able to use Palemoon, but I just can't get over the fact that it's a single main developer trying to maintain an entire web browser. That seems like a security nightmare waiting to happen. If I'm wrong about this, please let me know, I really like the idea.
- Koshkin 6y agoExcept they don’t “maintain the entire browser,” rather, they “maintain” a trimmed-down build.
- Shared404 6y agoThanks for the clarification, that makes more sense. I'll download it and give it a shot.
- duskwuff 6y agoI'm not sure what distinction you're trying to draw here. The fact that Moonchild has removed some a few features they don't like from Palemoon doesn't make the remaining codebase meaningfully easier to maintain. They're still left with what is effectively an orphaned codebase, increasingly unable to use patches from mainline Firefox, and subject to unknown vulnerabilities in portions of the codebase which no longer exist upstream.
- superkuh 6y agoMaybe we're touching the same elephant but we're obviously on opposite ends of it. That's how I perceive Firefox security with all it's crazy new features, old experiments left in, black box DRM that's literally unauditable, etc.
- SahAssar 6y agoDosen't pale moon use https://start.me/ https://start.me/ by default still? From reading https://start.me/privacy https://start.me/privacy that does not seem encouraging.