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> Add to that local translation! FF is the best it has ever been and somehow it is losing user share faster than ever. I used to get all the hate, but now at da
by autoexec 4y ago
> Add to that local translation! FF is the best it has ever been and somehow it is losing user share faster than ever. I used to get all the hate, but now at days... I'm just not sure. I'd love to know why.
I'm also a long time fan of firefox, but it does seem like there's always something I have to disable or fix with every major update.
Firefox has always claimed to be very pro-privacy, but they don't always live up to that with their actions (From a privacy perspective perhaps the biggest slap in the face was Pocket). Even here "local translation" means that Firefox needs to repeatedly ping Google's servers in order to download the models. Still better than letting Google translate the contents of a page, but far from ideal from a privacy standpoint.
As it stands I have modifications to over 100 settings in about:config that have to be made with each fresh install of firefox to get it locked down properly. Firefox is still the best browser out there because it gives you the ability to disable all that stuff, but its still a pain.
User share is always going to suffer because for most people their phones come with something else already, their PCs and tablets do too, and they don't know any better. They don't see or understand the problems with using chrome so why look for a browser that gives them better solutions?
I use firefox because I care about my security and privacy. If I didn't care about that I'd use Chrome or whatever Microsoft is shipping these days too because I know sites will make sure their stuff works in those browsers. All the hate I have for firefox comes from a place of love. I care about firefox. I depend on it. I want firefox to be better. Often that means I'm calling them out on their bullshit, bitching about the extra work they're giving me after updates, or just mentioning how they could have done better.
Firefox users complain about firefox because if they didn't care enough to complain they'd just be using chrome.
- jerry1979 4y agoWould you mind sharing your list of modifications? Do you have a way to apply them from the command line?
- throwaway0x7E6 4y agopick one https://ffprofile.com/ https://ffprofile.com/ https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/ https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/
- autoexec 4y agoIt's too long to paste as a comment here, but I started by finding every entry with a URL and deleting the URL (leaving it blank) for basically any domain that wasn't mozilla.tld (careful here though) and then I used the recommended changes from arkenfox, ghacks, the TOR browser and https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making-automatic-connections https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making... and then tweak from there. I disable things like service workers, normandy, shield, pocket, the new tab page, WebRTC, searching from the address bar, prefetch, WebGL, push notifications, WebAssembly, and lots of dom. options You can backup your user.js but updates tend to add/rename/remove preferences so that gets ugly fast. I've also seen firefox reset prefs I've set but didn't lock. I've been meaning to automate monitoring the file for changes and notifying me for lines that were added or modified, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.
- pomian 4y agoExactly this. Love it so complain about it. {But only to those who understand.) Plus we (?) Have multiple versions of Firefox installed so we can use one with extensions, one with save page to pdf, one nightly, etc etc.
- jonathankoren 4y ago
- yjftsjthsd-h 4y ago> I can assure you, you have no idea what you’re talking about. Like demonstrably, not a single valid argument. Like actively promoting misinformation no argument. Would you perhaps care to substantiate any of that, or just stick with the personal attacks?
- jdashg 4y agoEverything is done client side until you click on a Pocket link. Recommendations are done by local sorting and filtering, not by requests to servers.
- autoexec 4y agoFrom their privacy policy: In addition to the information that you provide to us when you register for a user account, we collect information about the URLs, titles and content of the web pages and other information you save to Pocket. The types of information we collect includes your browser type, device type, time zone, language, and other information related to the manner in which you access the Pocket Technologies. If you are on a mobile device, we collect the advertising identifiers provided by Apple on iOS and by Google on Android. You can change this identifier in your device settings. We also collect information about your use of the Pocket Technologies so that we can provide our services. For example, as a part of providing Pocket’s syncing features, we sync information about the items that you save and view within Pocket so that your list, tags, scroll position, and other account and usage information may be synced across all of your devices.
- csande17 4y agohttps://getpocket.com/en/privacy/ https://getpocket.com/en/privacy/ looks like a pretty standard ad-tracking privacy policy to me. The service definitely doesn't meet the high privacy bar set by other Firefox features like end-to-end encrypted sync. I personally think on-by-default telemetry and "studies" are the bigger slap in the face, but there's a case to be made that Pocket is worse.