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Thanks. On cookie popups: * Our Mac browser already does this, announcement for that was here: https://spreadprivacy.com/duckduckgo-for-mac-open-beta/ https://

by yegg 4y ago

Thanks. On cookie popups: * Our Mac browser already does this, announcement for that was here: https://spreadprivacy.com/duckduckgo-for-mac-open-beta/ https://spreadprivacy.com/duckduckgo-for-mac-open-beta/ * It's open source at: https://github.com/duckduckgo/autoconsent https://github.com/duckduckgo/autoconsent * For our Android app it is in beta, and you can enabled it in settings. * For our iOS app, it is coming soon, and then we'll work on extensions. * We're updating this page quarterly for all our Web Tracking Protections across platforms: https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/privacy/web-tracking-protections/ https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/privacy/we...

andybee 4y ago
Cool, considering switching as well. At first glance so much Apple stuff, thinking that somehow iOS and Apple devices are more privacy friendly is kind of a false analogy. Apple has lied about privacy protections and if you look into it you will find that Apple collects data for itself while blocking others from doing it (from their "ad campaign"). For example, if you opt out of health data, Apple still collects this information in the background but just doesn't show it to you. AppStore has been shown to collect extensive data as well. Don't put all your eggs into the Apple basket.
dredmorbius 4y ago
That ... could be compelling. Aside from desktop (Firefox), much of my browsing now is on an e-ink tablet. I've found that an e-ink optimised browser, specifically EinkBro, is strongly preferable there. That browser has some features addressing Web annoyances (adblock, somewhat lackluster cookie and JS toggles), but does nothing against cookie pop-ups. A DDG browser with e-ink tuning might be interesting. EinkBro: <https://github.com/plateaukao/browser https://github.com/plateaukao/browser> Useful features: - Paginated navigation. This is based on touch regions rather than gestures. - Black-on-white mode. Forces a white background and enhances blacks in text. - A really nifty "save as e-pub" feature. More here: <https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/107958709435468728 https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/107958709435468728> - A ... not especially good reader-mode feature. (Better CSS styling w/ some margins would help a lot.) - Integrated adblock. - Good bookmarking for a mobile browser. <https://diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/38e0c530966001391066002590d8e506 https://diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/38e0c53096600139106600...> As to why e-ink needs tuning: - Persistence is free. - Pixels are cheap. (Lots of them, very high DPI, 200--300+.) - Paints are expensive and slow --- draw power and even at high-performance, at best a few Hz. High-quality is more like 1 to 0.25 Hz. - Animated anything sucks. - Pagination hugely beats scroll. More: <https://diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/638a8d10e041013afba8448a5b29e257 https://diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/638a8d10e041013afba844...>

by yegg 4y ago

andybee 4y ago

Cool, considering switching as well. At first glance so much Apple stuff, thinking that somehow iOS and Apple devices are more privacy friendly is kind of a false analogy. Apple has lied about privacy protections and if you look into it you will find that Apple collects data for itself while blocking others from doing it (from their "ad campaign"). For example, if you opt out of health data, Apple still collects this information in the background but just doesn't show it to you. AppStore has been shown to collect extensive data as well. Don't put all your eggs into the Apple basket.

dredmorbius 4y ago

That ... could be compelling. Aside from desktop (Firefox), much of my browsing now is on an e-ink tablet. I've found that an e-ink optimised browser, specifically EinkBro, is strongly preferable there. That browser has some features addressing Web annoyances (adblock, somewhat lackluster cookie and JS toggles), but does nothing against cookie pop-ups. A DDG browser with e-ink tuning might be interesting. EinkBro: <https://github.com/plateaukao/browser https://github.com/plateaukao/browser> Useful features: - Paginated navigation. This is based on touch regions rather than gestures. - Black-on-white mode. Forces a white background and enhances blacks in text. - A really nifty "save as e-pub" feature. More here: <https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/107958709435468728 https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/107958709435468728> - A ... not especially good reader-mode feature. (Better CSS styling w/ some margins would help a lot.) - Integrated adblock. - Good bookmarking for a mobile browser. <https://diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/38e0c530966001391066002590d8e506 https://diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/38e0c53096600139106600...> As to why e-ink needs tuning: - Persistence is free. - Pixels are cheap. (Lots of them, very high DPI, 200--300+.) - Paints are expensive and slow --- draw power and even at high-performance, at best a few Hz. High-quality is more like 1 to 0.25 Hz. - Animated anything sucks. - Pagination hugely beats scroll. More: <https://diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/638a8d10e041013afba8448a5b29e257 https://diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/638a8d10e041013afba844...>