ArinaS

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by ArinaS 1y ago
So literally spyware. Don't get me wrong, current Chrome is also spyware, but sending every page you visit to a third-party is just a whole new level.
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by ArinaS 1y ago
It doesn't need to be one. And even if it was, we'd never know as it doesn't have any built-in telemetry and doesn't use a custom useragent.
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by ArinaS 1y ago
Mozilla will quite literally die if the demands of the judge get satisfied - https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/internet-policy/mozilla-... . So I guess the last resort for people who don't want to surre
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by ArinaS 1y ago
Use Anubis - https://anubis.techaro.lol/ .
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by ArinaS 1y ago
> " So, chromium won't go away. " Sadly, it absolutely can go closed-source as it's licensed under BSD-3 clause, which is not a copyleft license.
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by ArinaS 1y ago
ungoogled-chromium?
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by ArinaS 1y ago
https://nitter.net/vitrupo/status/1913783566384943341
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HTTP/0.9 from Scratch (2024)(kmcd.dev)
5 points by ArinaS 1y ago|0 comments
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by ArinaS 1y ago
We won't.
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by ArinaS 1y ago
And this is a yet another instance of Google monopolizing the web.
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by ArinaS 1y ago
This is NOT a productive discussion in this thread.
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by ArinaS 1y ago
> " have stipped away all the configurations and options that they used to have " Mozilla with their deprecation of XUL was like that.
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by ArinaS 1y ago
Yes, and that is because "common" people became used to centralized platforms and don't bother. That's also why fediverse's main audience is techies.
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by ArinaS 1y ago
It's used by 3 browsers - Pale Moon, Basilisk and K-Meleon. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Goanna_(software)... .
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by ArinaS 1y ago
3. Goanna exists, which is an engine forked from Gecko in 2016.
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by ArinaS 1y ago
Relevant discussion here - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43703812 .
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Using Netscape 9 in 2022(msfn.org)
2 points by ArinaS 1y ago|0 comments
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by ArinaS 1y ago
> " I mean, a news site needs their journalists to login. " Why can't this site just upload HTML files to their web server?
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by ArinaS 1y ago
> " Negligible amount. " Neglecting the independent web is exactly what led to it dying out and the Internet becoming corporate algorithm-driven analytics machine. Making it harder to maintain your own, independent website, whi
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by ArinaS 1y ago
> " You mean an open-twitter clone that caters to a very niche set of individuals? " It's not just one instance and not even one frontend existing for what can be described as "fediverse". Decentralization is the
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by ArinaS 1y ago
It is - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=/pol/&oldid=12855... .
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by ArinaS 1y ago
> " But if you desire to create your own site for social media the uphill battle is so great regulated in their honour, it's not possible. " Fediverse exists quite successfully.
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by ArinaS 1y ago
> " The aesthetic did not exist in 2004 " Well, this research states that " Between 2004 and 2013, Frutiger Aero was influential in advertising, media, stock images, cinema, gaming, and spatial design ". That's
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by ArinaS 1y ago
> "shoved down my throat." Who shoves it down someone's throat though? I can't remember the last time I used tiktok, probably 3 or 4 years ago, and I don't feel like anyone forces me to.
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by ArinaS 1y ago
> " can't effectively be bruteforced like a user+password. " Only when the password is weak enough to bruteforce swiftly. It will take literally thousands of years to bruteforce strong passwords.
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by ArinaS 1y ago
It did since at least 2004[1]. [1] - https://yenimedya.aydin.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/3....
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by ArinaS 1y ago
I think anything before Frutiger Aero became popular (and it didn't in 2003) can be considered "early" Internet.
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by ArinaS 1y ago
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/TMMWv
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by ArinaS 1y ago
Well these are messengers, not social media. The only social media platforms without algorithms I can think of are decentralized, i.e. what can be described as "fediverse".
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by ArinaS 1y ago
> " While social media connects people, most believe it has fueled societal divisions by creating echo chambers. " I think this issue of echo chambers exists because people become religious of their communities and refuse to li

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