• Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com
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    8 months ago

    When a company’ website doesn’t work on Firefox I don’t get angry at Firefox, I just don’t use the site. When a company makes their cookie popups are a pain in the ass I don’t get angry at the EU, I get angry at the company that made the popup. I use Firefox as a Canary that dies when a website is a piece of shit.

    Maybe it’s a win-win, I don’t have to deal with Apple’s bullshit and Apple doesn’t have to waste resources on me, for me to block all their shady shit.

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      8 months ago

      There’s an extension called Consent-O-Matic that will deal with the popups automatically for you.

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        8 months ago

        Presumably rejecting them? It’s the legitimate toggle that gets me though. How do 400 partners require access to my browsing information in order for your site to run?

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          8 months ago

          I think you can configure it but I have mine set to reject them all.

          But yeah the excuses are absurd. This tracking is not only not necessary, it’s also wrong.

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      8 months ago

      Until Chrome starts doing its bullshit “attestor” stuff that’ll essentially make websites not work on Chrome if they allow Firefox and other browsers that respect privacy.

      Pretty much zero websites will choose Chrome over Firefox.

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      8 months ago

      Firefox has add-ons that automatically reject all on cookie pop ups. It works great and sometimes you see it working which is really satisfying.

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      8 months ago

      I feel the same but I also cannot avoid some sites. Ohio’s unemployment and job board only works with Chrome based sites and I have to use those when I’m in between jobs.

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        8 months ago

        This brings up an interesting thought though. Should governments and states be able to prefer you to use a certain browser or should they be required to make the website function on all…

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      8 months ago

      I use Firefox as a Canary

      You shouldn’t capitalize canary, it’s like saying goose or pigeon.

    • le_saucisson_masquay@sh.itjust.works
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      8 months ago

      Got to buy material for house renovation, several hundreds € of saving if I bought on one website that didn’t work with Firefox. Guess what I did.

      Almost everyone choose money and commodity over everything else. Firefox is doomed to fail, and I say that as Firefox user.