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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's what set me free to move to Linux for good! It's such a relief to not be affected by all the bullshit Microsoft brings to the world with Windows 11+.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Now we just need to worry about Google's web environment bullshit!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

"just"... Enshittification is too real. :(

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Back to the command line browsers

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I would almost prefer it. Javascript is the herpes of html, and the majority of websites now are just completely infested with it. I don't know if these companies are actually visiting their own sites, but it's horrible. Ton's of wasted data and time on this garbage. I have been going in and turning off javascript just to keep all of the shit from popping up, covering the screen, etc. So yeah, a command line browser sounds pretty fucking good again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I still use Lynx to get around paywalls.