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[–] dsemy@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Is Pale Moon even considered secure anymore?

I doubt they’re able to keep up these days honestly…

[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Fuck google and all that, but also fuck using "mental illness" as a derogatory term.

[–] solinus@lemmy.cafe 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

i thought it's supposed to be one of those memes that parody lgbt-phobic images about genders (see attached image), but still, make sure to avoid that usage

[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

I'd never seen that other meme, and it could be a parody, but lets be fair - ableism and saneism are absolutely rampant on all sides of the political spectrum, and it's probably a coincidence rather than a parody...

[–] sapo@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My bad, I reposted this because of the recent Google stuff without considering that issue. I'll remove it if anyone asks.

[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just something to keep in mind for the future.

[–] sapo@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago

Of course! Thanks for the heads up.

[–] KingPyrox@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Can someone inform me what's wrong with the brave browser?

[–] glacier@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
  1. Chromium based (which may be a pro or con depending on who you ask).
  2. Their CEO has made homophobic political donations and resigned from Mozilla due to backlash for it.
  3. They have been caught doing shady things like inserting affiliate links into the address bar suggestions.
  4. They use their browser to push their crypto currency, news and other garbage.
[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I was ok with 1 and opted out of 3 and 4 but had no idea about 2

[–] KingPyrox@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

Hahaha I use their crypto to buy crypto I want so that's the reason I asked in the first place. But I guess I'll go back to Firefox, which is the browser I prefer anyways.

These reasons are definitely an eye opener.

[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's chromium and the company sells telemetry data to advertisers. It's quite literally doing the thing it draws users in with.

[–] KingPyrox@kbin.social 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Is Firefox not also using chromium?

[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

Firefox uses their own engine, Gecko

[–] gullible@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No, Firefox is entirely distinct from chromium.

[–] KingPyrox@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I did not know this, thank you.

[–] Teon@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Firefox does not use Chromium. However, people get confused because when you mod FF you change the userChrome file with CSS.
FF has had that file name even before Google had a browser.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] slavojrizzek@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Chromium cringe

[–] sexybenfranklin@ttrpg.network 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Didn't the dude who runs palemoon get real mad about some business donating money to black causes or something? Not a great look.

[–] sapo@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago

fuck, knock that one down a rank too

[–] Navarian@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget Waterfox, privacy centric version of Firefox.

[–] Rayspekt@kbin.social 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Whats the blue looking firefox icon in the top row?

[–] TooMuchDog@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

Firefox Nightly