Ah, I see, you’re a contrarian who just wants an argument. That’s not really my bag so this will be my last message.

Yes, the likelihood of the average person downloading Librewolf is slim. Using or not using Librewolf doesn’t make someone lazy. Not reading and toggling every setting in Firefox doesn’t make someone lazy either.

You’ve just explained that to make Firefox secure you need to watch some video of someone that you hope knows what they’re talking about. What if they miss something? What if they’re talking shit? I know, shocking, people lying on the internet, but it happens.

Firefox is a big name browser used by many people of varying backgrounds and technical ability. It should be secure by default. It is not. Librewolf I recommended to anyone reading this thread, which is probably someone tech savvy enough to try a different browser. But not all people are that tech savvy.

The root issue is Firefox not being secure by default. If there was no profit motive for Mozilla it likely would be.

The problem is not laziness, that’s what a nerd whose hobby is computers would do. The average person is not searching for videos to learn how to toggle the settings of their web browser, ffs. Firefox should be secure by default.

That asterisk is a problem though, having to go through and make it secure is an issue. What if you miss a setting? What if you misunderstand a setting? None of it is particularly upfront and easy. It doesn’t ask you when you first install it to set this stuff up, it encourages you to just get stuck in and start using it straight away.

It’s not too complicated for a nerd whose hobby is computers or someone who has studied computers, but for the layperson it’s too much.

That’s why Librewolf is so good. It’s secure by default, with all the settings toggled to privacy and you can ease that off if you wish, for convenience or whatever.

Firefox essentially can’t seem to decide if they want to be FOSS or capitalist, that’s an issue.

If by English you mean Arabic

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals

When the fuck did The Guardian become locked behind an account?

Sign in is the only way to view articles now? Fuck that.

First they came for the socialists…

Heliboard can have swipe typing. It relies on a closed source library though, so…

https://github.com/Helium314/HeliBoard?tab=readme-ov-file#features

• Glide typing (only with closed source library ☹️)
• library not included in the app, as there is no compatible open source library available
• can be extracted from GApps packages (“swypelibs”), or downloaded here (click on the file and then “raw” or the tiny download button)

It didn’t appear in my apps list and yet if I looked at the link to the play store it said it was installed… maybe double check you don’t have it by looking it up on the play store as well. Fishy to say the least

For some reason I’m just seeing a headline with no hyperlink. Here’s the link if anyone else has the same issue

https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/04/google-removes-pledge-to-not-use-ai-for-weapons-from-website/

A good minimalist text based launcher that’s open source is Olauncher. Maybe not what you’re after (comparing it to Smart Launcher) but thought I’d suggest it just in case.

And yet, it’s still the right answer

Nazis don’t tend to explicitly state their support of Nazis. Even they know it’s taboo.

I sometimes fear that people think that fascism arrives in fancy dress worn by grotesques and monsters as played out in endless re-runs of the Nazis.

Fascism arrives as your friend. It will restore your honour, make you feel proud, protect your house, give you a job, clean up the neighbourhood, remind you of how great you once were, clear out the venal and the corrupt, remove anything you feel is unlike you…

It doesn’t walk in saying, “Our programme means militias, mass imprisonments, transportations, war and persecution.”

• Michael Rosen

“Who cares if I helped fund the Nazi party, I got good value out of it!”

I’m not saying Proton are Nazis. I’m not saying the CEO is a Nazi. However, when someone shows you their true colours, believe them. He has a positive view of Trump, a known racist, rapist, and con-man. Just because the product is good doesn’t mean it’s okay to pay for it when you know that money helps to pay a Trump fan.

This is the worldwide web, there are many alternatives.

I think it’s fair considering they’re stating Elon has no allegiance to any country. He’s a billionaire. He’s the billionaire. He’s beyond borders. This is a game for him.

I think it’s also important to highlight his South African origins. South Africa is a famously racist country which his family was/is part of the elite of. His Nazism and white supremacist views didn’t materialise from nowhere.

They’re on a slippery slope, yes, but they’ve not slid down it. Their words were reasonable.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpetbagger

Chan urrainn dhomh Gearmailtis a bhruidhinn, I struggle enough with this godforsaken language, nevermind learning another

Bhiodh sin èibhinn

I’ve been trying for weeks to get friends to move to Signal. They don’t have to delete WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger to use Signal. Some of these people have got degrees in various computer disciplines and still won’t even give it a try. I don’t understand the reluctance to try new software either. If their job or uni asks them to use a piece of software they’ll try it no bother but if a friend asks it’s impossible. It’s so strange.

And the aliens definitely aren’t allegory for capitalists

What does EEE stand for?

Amazing. Thank you!