Scotty_Trees
@Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world
Just a happy Fedora Gnome Linux user & metalcore music lover. Drop Acid, Not Bombs!
- Comment on Google Chrome ships a default, hidden extension that allows code on *.google.com access to private APIs, including your current CPU usage 4 months ago:
If you’re still using Google Chrome in 2024, you might be a moron. #Firefox
- Comment on Announcing the Ladybird Browser Initiative 4 months ago:
Remind me in 2 years when this project becomes discontinued…
- Comment on Mark Zuckerberg says sorry to families of children who committed suicide — after rejecting suggestion to set up a compensation fund to help the families get counseling 9 months ago:
Don’t forget about Facebook’s responsibility in the Burma/Myanmar genocides too.
“How Facebook Became a Tool for Genocide” www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8B0bWO9u3M
- Comment on ‘Don’t Mess With Us’: WebMD Parent Company Demands Return to Office in Bizarre Video 10 months ago:
Things I didn’t know I needed, thank you! Gonna give this a try right now for duckdudckgo
- Comment on Instagram finds that AI Mr beast scams do not go against community guidelines. 10 months ago:
Godspeed to Pixelfed, but Instagram absolutely killed photo sharing platforms for me. I really want nothing to do with them anymore.
- Comment on Instagram finds that AI Mr beast scams do not go against community guidelines. 10 months ago:
Not that this helps anyone, but I gave up Instagram the day Facebook bought it. I don’t regret it and my mental health is better for it. Using Instagram made me depressed as hell.
- Comment on It is essential to stop using Chrome. Under the pretense of saving users from third-party spyware, Google is creating an ecosystem in which Chrome itself is the spyware. 10 months ago:
I once commented saying something like, except for work, all Linux users should be using Firefox. And this was the reply. Some people are just fucking hopeless:
“Firefox has only ever been a sometime back-up browser for me…ever since Chrome appeared in 2007. Prior to that, I used it because it was the sole usable alternative to Internet Exploder…
The Mozilla devs, for far too long, spent more time stabbing each other in the back than they did writing code and fixing the tons of problems that were always inherent in the code. It’s the only browser I’ve ever used that used to regularly crash & burn at least a dozen times a day. And ya wonder why people flocked to Chrome?”
- Comment on 'The Last of Us' Was the Most-Pirated Show of 2023 10 months ago:
I need some great stuff to watch, mind mentioning some of your favorite shows? Thanks!
- Comment on YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don't turn off your ad-blocker 11 months ago:
The progress bar is almost finshed!!..and I’m done.
- Comment on Chrome not proceeding with Web Integrity API deemed by many to be DRM 1 year ago:
This is your wake up to stop using Chrome and Chromium based browsers (e.g. Brave, Vivaldi, etc). Switch to Firefox if you haven’t already.
- Comment on Elon Musk gives X employees one year to replace your bank - ‘You won’t need a bank account... it would blow my mind if we don’t have that rolled out by the end of next year.’ 1 year ago:
Who are these top musk posters so I can block them too? So tired of hearing an asshat continue to be an asshat. Every. Single. Day.
- Comment on Elon Musk Offers to Also Ruin Wikipedia 1 year ago:
Thanks mate, didn’t realize I had both Bot Account and Show Bot Accounts selected. Fixed. Big thanks!
- Comment on Elon Musk Offers to Also Ruin Wikipedia 1 year ago:
You sound like someone that preheats the microwave.
- Comment on Elon Musk Offers to Also Ruin Wikipedia 1 year ago:
Stop giving this asshat free publicity for stupid shit, ffs.
- Comment on Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent 1 year ago:
Crypto is a scammers paradise.
- Comment on Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent 1 year ago:
As A Vivaldi user since day one, I gave it up once I couldn’t take anymore of Googles/Chromium bull hockey. I’m just so done supporting a company like that. Firefox switch wasn’t easy, but after the first week I got used to it and I’m never going back to Chromium browser. Anyone can switch if you actually care enough.
- Comment on Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent 1 year ago:
Stop using Brave, jfc. Please use Firefox, it’s not the best, but it’s better than this trash my goodness how many more scandals do people need to get rid of this crap?
- Comment on YouTube Enhancement Megathread: Tools and Extensions for All Devices - Lemmy.World 1 year ago:
The fix is out now and the dislikes are back! Just make sure to update your extensions and you’re good to go!
- Comment on YouTube TV, which costs $73 a month, agrees to end “$600 less than cable” ads 1 year ago:
I’ve never heard of this site before and you can bet I’ll be adding it to my bookmarks uhh I mean block list right away!
- Comment on Any idea what Google are doing? Is this because I dont use Chrome (use Firefox)? I've no adblockers. 1 year ago:
updated, reset, backed up my old uBO config, started fresh. didn’t see any pop ups after i did that. then just got another one this morning, so it’s still rolling out for some users. freaking annoying.
- Comment on What is the Israel thing going on? 1 year ago:
It’s post like this that Lemmy needs that just make my day because I learn just a bit more than what I knew 5 minutes ago, thank you for the thoughtful post.
- Comment on Europe gives Elon Musk 24 hours to respond about Israel-Hamas war misinformation and violence on X 1 year ago:
I deleted my Twitter at the beginning of this year. Never used it much, just followed a lot of metal bands on it. I don’t regret it for a single second. Everyday since, it’s just been one giant non-stop shit show. It’s sad to see so many still use it, but for my own good conscience, I can’t support that platform in any way. I avoid it like the plague.
- Comment on Can we create a new Internet ? 1 year ago:
Looks promising if you’re on a Mac/iOS setup, but I’m on Fedora Linux, so sadly they don’t offer an option for that. If they ever offered Linux support in the future, I’d definitely give Kagi a try.
- Comment on Goodbye Youtube and thanks for all the fish 1 year ago:
Not all heroes wear capes, but you are a godsend!
- Comment on Apple considered switching to DuckDuckGo from Google for Safari - Bloomberg News 1 year ago:
I wasn’t making any argument, merely offering advice how to change something and my experience in doing so. But my comment clearly upset a lot of Chrome users because I mentioned Google not respecting your privacy, which is a given for a lot of companies.
- Comment on Apple considered switching to DuckDuckGo from Google for Safari - Bloomberg News 1 year ago:
On Safari (iOS), Apple makes it easy to switch. Settings > Safari > Search Engine and select which one you want. I’ve been using DDG not quite a year and at first the change felt a lil jarring, but knowing I’m contributing less to Google’s ad revenue and their long list of privacy violations, I’m comfortable now sticking with DDG. Change isn’t always easy, convenient, or comfortable, but it can be done with just the tiniest bit of effort.
- Comment on The Firefox browser now has a built-in page translator that works even without the Internet 1 year ago:
My dude you’re not here to convince me, you’re here to try convince yourself you’ve already resigned. Stop making excuses and just use Firefox. Over and out, cheers!
- Comment on The Firefox browser now has a built-in page translator that works even without the Internet 1 year ago:
You’re so close but you’re still missing the point. Google gives money to Firefox to make it the default search, that’s it. Google has zero say what Firefox does besides it being the default search engine. Google does the same thing with Apple’s Safari, they give Apple literally over a Billion dollars just to be the default search, so would Apple be bad then too? If I can encourage you Just to use Firefox and try not to make excuses for staying with Google’s browsers just because Firefox isn’t absolutely perfect.
- Comment on The Firefox browser now has a built-in page translator that works even without the Internet 1 year ago:
Nothing against Vivaldi, used it a lot since it’s release, but found my way back to Firefox last year since I just couldn’t stand giving Google anymore power over the web market. The less I give Google, the better I feel, but also the better off the web will be. Once again as a company Vivaldi does a fantastic job and their stances on privacy are admirable, but I just can’t support Chromium these days.
- Comment on The Firefox browser now has a built-in page translator that works even without the Internet 1 year ago:
Got Firefox 118 and the very first website I tested it on failed. Does not translate Russian. Seriously? smh, hope they add more languages in the near future because other browsers have had this feature for years.