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I switched to Opera because Firefox forces invasive updates that require a forced restart. For someone who likes to keep a web browser running for a long time a
by bsd44 5y ago
I switched to Opera because Firefox forces invasive updates that require a forced restart. For someone who likes to keep a web browser running for a long time and put their laptop to sleep rather than shutdown, that is not acceptable.
I use Linux so I could get around that by excluding the package from updates but I don't want to run an outdated web browser that might have security vulnerabilities.
I raised this a few times on their Reddit page, but it became so disturbing to my workflow that I just had to stop using it. Chrome is not a sane alternative, so I resorted to Opera. Good old Opera.
- hoppyhoppy2 5y agoOpera is based on Chromium now, FYI.
- aftergibson 5y agoGood old closed-source, Chinese-controlled, chromium-based Opera.
- zamadatix 5y agoJust use the official version instead of your distro's version if you don't want your distro to control the update timing - seems like a self created problem. Official Firefox has a setting for "Check for updates but let you choose to install them" which will alert you but let you choose when instead of forcing it.
- tephra 5y agoI'm not on desktop ow and can check later. But I'm pretty sure you can disable auto updates on the about:config page.
- eingaeKaiy8ujie 5y agoOpera is closed source which means it is not secure.
- bsd44 5y agoSo Apple iOS, Microsoft Windows, Amazon FireOS, Cisco IOS, Netapp ONTAP... they are all "not secure" because they are not OSS?
- eingaeKaiy8ujie 5y agoYes.
- approxim8ion 5y agoPotentially not secure and definitely not private, for most of them.
- bsd44 5y agoPotentially not secure is not the same as definitely not secure. OSS is also potentially not secure. I don't understand these comments. They seem like they were written by semi-literate adolescents.
- approxim8ion 5y agoI agree that being open source is not a guarantee of security or privacy. But there's a social contract which comes with it and the transparency that together make the projects more likely to at least be motivated towards those goals. > They seem like they were written by semi-literate adolescents. That's unnecessary.
- erk__ 5y agoDoes Google browsers not also require a restart to update? So are you not just running an outdated version with security vulnerabilities until you restart it?