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[–] Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world 102 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (11 children)

It is sad, but through the events of the last few years (Reddit, Twitter, politics) companies have realized they can do whatever they want. While they will lose a significant portion of users, the mass majority will stay. The ones that leave are the ones they can't abuse and they don't want them anyway. Profit is better taking advantage of the complacent and losing the activists than the other way around.

Anywho, I will move to Firefox just like I moved to lemmy. Although I'm not sure moving to Firefox actually fixes anything other than giving Google less money. Now I just need to figure out how to have a phone without apple or Google getting a peice.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What really has me paranoid is all the ones suddenly deciding to power trip and give out bans over nothing. We need to create a safe place on the web where the corporations can't get to us.

[–] nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago

TikTok already did this in Indonesia.

They remove any videos that being critical towards TikTok. Especially, they're trying to flood Indonesian market with cheap Chinese goods via TikTok Shop.

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago

Fairphone 4 from certain vendors comes preloaded with e/OS which is like a deGoogled Android. Might work for people looking to move away from Google. I'm considering it myself for my next phone.

[–] yoz@aussie.zone 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wouldn't it be better to just buy a Pinephone?

[–] TwoGems@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Get an android phone that you can root with an OS.

I'm running a bacon right now!

I'll soon upgrade to an oxygen(mi max 2) when mi unlock allows me to :(

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[–] BrownianMotion@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Youtube started to show me an overlay telling me to disable my adblocker and a countdown timer before I could play the video.

I used my adblocker to block the overlay... ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[–] Custoslibera@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I never liked Chrome. The way it made sponsored search results a really difficult to see shade of yellow made me realise where their priorities were long ago.

As such I have always used Firefox.

Yes, I am feeling pretty smug right about now given how correct I am/was about Google pulling some even more dickish move with Chrome.

[–] jungekatz@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (7 children)

So is adblock like totally dead on chrome ?

[–] Norgur@kbin.social 20 points 2 years ago

it will be if Google goes forward with their plans.

[–] DefinitelyNotBirds@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Wait until January 2024. Then it will be much less powerful

[–] hermit3@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

No. Ublock Origin Lite

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[–] Facelikeapotato@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (10 children)

I tried to switch to Firefox, but I fill out a lot of forms, and it doesn't have autofill for them. It makes it very slow and frustrating. I've searched for solutions to activate it, add ons for it, etc to no avail. It seems that function may only be available in the US? It's strange to have such a basic feature missing.

[–] mayo@lemmy.today 7 points 2 years ago

I basically switch to firefox until something I need doesn't work, then I go back to chrome until they do something scummy. I'm back on firefox now and the experience is better than previously. I will probably stay and keep Chrome for "just in case" stuff or when I want a browser with no privacy/adblock extensions.

[–] PeriMouse 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

a bunch of password managers (i.e. 1password) do this for you

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[–] Miczech@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I haven't noticed this myself. Did you look inside settings?

[–] Facelikeapotato@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Very thoroughly, there's settings for autofilling passwords, but not forms.

[–] limerod@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Firefox cannot autofill forms outside login credentials last i knew. That's not a feature in it. So details like addresses and credit card info are not auto filled.

[–] Facelikeapotato@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Well, that sucks. I guess I'm stuck with Chrome for now then. Thanks for the info.

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