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This is why I don't use Firefox/Chrome/Edge or Linux. I don't want to be the product.

• michaelmrose 3y ago
  Firefox has had minor missteps in the past but Linux and Firefox are not unsecure options despite being free and Microsoft isn't a safe option despite charging money. Your algorithm is fairly broken.
  • autoexec 3y ago
    Even with Linux you have to be careful. Some distros have pulled shit like sending local searches to remote servers so that they can push amazon ads at you (https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/ubuntu-spyware-what-to-do https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/ubuntu-spyware-what-to-do). We have to watch everyone like a hawk these days.
    • michaelmrose 3y ago
      Some distros is one of the major distros once in 30 years 10 years ago.
• TheNewsIsHere 3y ago
  Where in Linux is the user generally the product?
  • hexo 3y ago
    ubuntu
    • pessimizer 3y ago
      ouch
  • hospitalJail 3y ago
    Users become lifelong converts and demand organizations convert until they have to give Linus money to fix problems. (25% /s)
• PhilipRoman 3y ago
  Geez can hacker news users no longer detect sarcasm? This comment is clearly pointing out the absurdity (or more specifically, incompleteness) of the grandparent argument, not bashing on Linux.
  • pessimizer 3y ago
    You don't recognize that the comment that you are replying to is a sarcastic extension of the argument?
    • Dylan16807 3y ago
      Huh? "You don't recognize that [the thing you just said]?"?
    • PhilipRoman 3y ago
      Sorry for confusion, I meant my comment as a reply to my siblings.