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  • lime!@feddit.nutoAndroid@lemmy.worldWe need LibreWolf of android.
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    5 days ago

    ok but like… telemetry is not automatically bad. a vast majority of users never report bugs in software, and are trained to just click through popups. this means the bugs don’t get fixed, and the crash reports don’t get sent.

    scrutinizing what actually gets sent from your browser is how you keep yourself safe, blocking all telemetry is how you get unpatched security holes.







  • lime!@feddit.nutoTechnology@lemmy.worldOpenAI Is A Bad Business
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    8 days ago

    there’s no real universal example. you need to show them that it is wrong about something you know they know, to avoid the Gell-Mann amnesia effect.

    I say this from experience. unfortunately some people are just average and have interests that are entirely subjective, like makeup trends or alternative medicine, and the effect that "always check the sources"has on those people is to make them distrust every source since nothing agrees with anything else on those topics.


  • brave also used it to scam people by taking tips for creators who weren’t on the platform. if the creator never signed up, they kept that money.

    and they had an adblocker that replaced ads with their own, making the browser money instead of the site.

    they have actively contributed to making the web worse. saying “at least they’re doing something” is like praising the hard work and entrepreneurial spirit of a mugger.