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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

I mean, yeah, privacy isn't really a thing in our digital surveillance age. Doesn't mean I'm not gonna make it as hard as possible for them. Make em work for it.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago

The one saying they use copilot for math problems is the worst part. It demonstrates their complete lack of critical thinking.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Never say privacy. Always say libre software. That's why.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

Microsoft Edge, based on Google's Copium engine-

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Copium indeed

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I use Edge on my work laptop because:

  • Vertical Tabs
  • Logs into my SSO account
  • Leaks info from my computer like a sieve (it's my employer's info, and they don't deserve privacy)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago
  • Vertical Tabs

Brave, Vivaldi, Arc, Floorp and Zen have those

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

The op in that post is 14 years old at most. Just look at how that shot is tailored.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Get off Reddit. Karma grind is not worth it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Agree, I am primarily on lemmy now. People here are way nicer to each other than Reddit

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (5 children)

People here are way nicer to each other than Reddit

If one has the right kind of opinions. 🤷

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don’t think I’ve had an issue on Firefox other than some sites saying “unsupported browser,” which is really the site’s fault.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I found Firefox to be much slower than Chrome... 10 years ago. Now, not only is it just as fast, it's a much better experience all around.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

Why? It's because they never arrived at their current behavior by a systematic progression of logical steps. Most of the behaviors we exhibit aren't that way. We just offer a post-hoc explanation/justification. They use edge, so they defend their action with any argument assertion they can think of.

It's also (sort of) because they want to tip the proverbial scale towards their current use. Change takes effort and can be irritating. They have their list of positives about edge (faster, easier, etc.), and they downplay the negatives such as privacy.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

Is that the same as the misnomer or fallacy that privacy is dead?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Yeah a very reddit moment

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

An excuse to still be right.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Privacy also doesn't exist when you have the entire website being indexed

full discussion on spezit

I'm also a firm believer in you don't need to freely give up your data

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

I did not realize "spezit" was "spez" and "reddit" until I reread your commnt lol. I thought was some reddit privacy frontend with the German pronunciation of "z".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Damn, how did you get three complete troglodytes in one place?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

What's the difference anymore?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Off-topic, but I do agree in general that Edge is a solid browser. I use it when I'm at work and really love the vertical tabs and tab groups. I use firefox for personal use and am patiently waiting for the vertical tabs on the stable release (and not just in about:config).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

My "progressive" friends are this way - "everyone already has everything, whatever who cares"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (5 children)

laughs with my GraphineOS pixel and librewolf and Alpine on my librebooted Thinkpad

(Obviously you don't need to start where I'm at but everyone's goal should be to eventually become as secure as reasonably possible)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Trust in privacy, fight against GAMAM!

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