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> This is why we need to switch No it's not, as regardless of how bad all the commercial software is, when the general population just wants to go to Facebook,
by oneplane 4y ago
> This is why we need to switch
No it's not, as regardless of how bad all the commercial software is, when the general population just wants to go to Facebook, YouTube and watch porn, no browser switching of any kind is going to improve that. You can assume that most computer-users aren't in it for some ideological, privacy or security concept, they just want to consume some content and move on.
- pwinnski 4y agoI think this is under-selling the value of something like Safari. I'm on Hacker News, not just a general population rando, and I still care more about usability than most ideological concepts. I don't like Chrome and would stay away from Edge for many reasons if it were even a viable option on MacOS, but I'm still not switching. Since Safari doesn't have "heavy telemetry" or "tracking," I assume the "completely out-of-the-loop user experience" was aimed at it, but I haven't found that to be the case either. If one cares more about OSS than UXP, then by all means, go full-Stallman. I just don't think there are very many people who care that much, which is why Chrome is as popular as it is.
- ouid 4y agoAll of those experiences are essentially unlivable without ublock origin.
- oneplane 4y agoAs someone who has never used ublock origin, I disagree.
- princevegeta89 4y agoWondering what is your preferred content blocker of choice? Thanks
- oneplane 4y agoI mostly prefer network-based blocking (DNS and IP), but generally I mostly block for security and not as much for content. I don't consume content from many ad-infested sources anyway, and the speed of the networks and computers I tend to use doesn't really make the ad loading that much of a problem. For me, if I can get done what I wanted to get done, and no malware foothold was created, I really don't care about the rest.