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- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 2 months ago:
On the other hand, an isolated community can also become a nasty brewing pot, reinforcing harmful behaviors and even intensifying them over time.
I don’t think calling them safe spaces for hateful assholes is accurate, but I understand frustrations with them.
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 2 months ago:
There’s at least one interesting fellow in this very thread sharing extremely predictable opinions.
I thought I was annoying when arguing. Still do, but I found someone worse. Doesn’t make me feel better, because it seems I’m sharing a table with them.
- Comment on Linus Tech Tips uploaded a video showing how to block ads on Youtube. Which was removed by Youtube for community guidelines violations. 2 months ago:
There’s a chance duckduckgo does something similar, but sadly I can’t check at the moment.
Leaving a comment so I remember to try it later—unless anyone reading is willing to do so.
- Comment on Servo Browser Now Supports Tabbed Browsing, WAV Audio Files. 2 months ago:
Why do you think they don’t care anymore?
- Comment on European iPhones are more fun now 2 months ago:
Thanks. I know you’re not OP, but I’ll take this opportunity to answer anyway.
…is not as bad as many people think.
The best argument that I believe still has merit is this:
All websites on the internet—including ad networks!—are guests on our computers, and the content they provide are merely suggestions for a user agent to interpret and show us how it chooses.
If you agree with this—and I kinda do—then yeah, PPA is bad. You’re probably a staunch user of uBlock (or uMatrix) and don’t want your browser engaging in any privacy-preserving attribution shenanigans.
But here’s the kicker: if you use uBlock, PPA won’t do anything. It can’t, even when left enabled. The only people really affected by PPA are people not using adblocking, i.e. the people being tracked all over the web, who would likely be helped by PPA.
As I said in a previous comment: if PPA works and is widely adopted, I can see the argument for how it’d be better—unfortunately, most people still browse the internet without uBlock. That doesn’t mean I’ll stop installing it on every device I can; I’m simply accepting that’ll never be every device on earth.
And for all that Mozilla is implementing “bullshit,” they’re also the only ones keeping uBlock functional by maintaining manifest V2. They spend time and resources protecting the very thing that trumps their supposed bullshit. That doesn’t feel like enshittification to me, but a group trying to do its best, even while stuck between a rock and a hard place.
- Comment on European iPhones are more fun now 2 months ago:
What do you believe Mozilla was implementing?
- Comment on A symbol for the fediverse ⁂ 2 months ago:
However, its design is a little too complex to be used at small sizes, as you would in text or in a button.
What are the criteria? Because ⁂ just looks like three blurry dots to me. It’s not making things worse, but it’s not exactly making them better either.
- Comment on Procreate takes a stand against generative AI, vows to never incorporate the tech into its products | TechCrunch 2 months ago:
I think the big difference is that you seem to think that AI has peaked or is near its peak potential, while I think AI is still just getting started.
That’s a fair assessment. I’m still not sure if AI development is on an exponential or a sigmoid curve. Note that the industry at large is starting to believe the latter, though, and it’s not a good look. If you’ve got time and are willing, please check the linked article by Ed (burst damage).
I mean, maybe I could have phrased it better, but what else are you gonna do?
My bad, I try to trim down the fat while editing, but I accidentally removed things I shouldn’t. As I said, it’s a nitpick, and I understand the importance of helping those who find themselves unhirable. Maybe it’s just me, but I thought it came across a little mean, even if it wasn’t your intent. I try to gently “poke” folks when I see stuff like this because artists get enough undeserved crap already.
- Comment on Procreate takes a stand against generative AI, vows to never incorporate the tech into its products | TechCrunch 2 months ago:
I’ve no idea where you’re getting these predictions from. I think some of them are fundamentally flawed if not outright incorrect, and don’t reflect real life trends of generative AI development and applications.
Gonna finish this comment in a few, please wait.
- Comment on Lemmy devs are considering making all votes public - have your say 2 months ago:
I think that’s because your instance hasn’t updated to Lemmy versions that add this yet.
- Comment on Lemmy devs are considering making all votes public - have your say 2 months ago:
It helps people and discourse a lot, so it’s appreciated. Stalking and tagging downvoters is probably going too far, though.
- Comment on Lemmy devs are considering making all votes public - have your say 2 months ago:
Wow, did I misread that badly. Thank you for explaining.
- Comment on Lemmy devs are considering making all votes public - have your say 2 months ago:
I wonder if they’re aware, actually. From the linked issue:
Also noteworthy is that reddit and lemmy are unique in keeping vote privacy: mastodon, twitter, and most other platforms expose them.
What voting system on Twitter is he talking about?
- Comment on Lemmy devs are considering making all votes public - have your say 2 months ago:
I fear this, too, but I’m not sure what that’d look like. Would people tag someone who downvoted them and act like they’re entitled to an explanation? That would probably(?) earn a block from me.
- Comment on Lemmy devs are considering making all votes public - have your say 2 months ago:
Maybe. There are likely both Mbin users who agree and disagree. Even if they all agreed and removed it, though, there isn’t much stopping others from running older versions, patching it back in, or even starting entirely new software that does the same. The fundamental issue, the false privacy of the voting system, remains.
- Comment on Lemmy devs are considering making all votes public - have your say 2 months ago:
The bar is not nearly so high, it simply takes opening the post in the right kbin/mbin instance. That requires neither technical skill nor admin privileges.
- Comment on Lemmy devs are considering making all votes public - have your say 2 months ago:
Sorry, what’s an upvote spammer and why are they undesirable?
- Comment on How is Lemmy better than Reddit? 2 months ago:
Hey, I agree that MV3 brings benefits (such as better security for the extension ecosystem), but it’s worth noting that uBlock’s main dev themselves said it won’t work as well. uBO Lite doesn’t work fine, it works. It’s also worse.
And the same fundamental issue that affects ublock—the new API limits—affects everyone else trying to do the same job using extensions.
- Comment on Epic judge says he’ll ‘tear the barriers down’ on Google’s app store monopoly 2 months ago:
Small addendum, I believe having an unfair monopoly is actually illegal in the US. Google search is currently on the hook for this.
- Comment on Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads 2 months ago:
I thought that might’ve been the source of confusion. Sorry, that’s just how I write sometimes, no deeper meaning intended. As far as I know there’s no public data on what percentage of Firefox and Chrome users like their browsers’ features.
- Comment on Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads 3 months ago:
(because of Brave’s whole thing)
lol
I’m sorry to hear that, been there (Chrome, Opera, Vivaldi, Firefox in my case). Hopefully we can stick around for a while.
- Comment on Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads 3 months ago:
Leaving Vivaldi was a sad moment for me. That UI, the settings, those features…! Goodness. I’m an enjoyer of bells and whistles, and Vivaldi’s got all of them and then some.
The folks working on it seem straight up great. Did you know they also host a mastodon instance? Literally my only issue with it is the engine, and that just so unluckily happens to be a deal breaker.
- Comment on Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads 3 months ago:
A lot of people don’t even know it’s an option. When was the last time you saw adblockers in mainstream media or news?
This is why I think it’s so important to keep raising awareness. If you have people in your life who you believe would be better off using uBlock, consider bringing it up when you have the opportunity.
- Comment on Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads 3 months ago:
Yeah, I thought about mentioning that. But the comparison goes both ways. Less than 1% of Chrome users switching to Firefox could still mean an increase in Firefox users of over 10%, if I remember my numbers correctly.
- Comment on Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads 3 months ago:
No. I simply meant that there exist Chrome users who appreciate what it provides them (features, UI, etc), so for these users to leave they’d have to give up those things. That’s always a hard ask.
- Comment on Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads 3 months ago:
I think lots of people are overestimating how many will migrate to Firefox in the near future over this.
- High switching cost compared to finding another extension (e.g. uBO Lite).
- Just as some Firefox users like Firefox, many Chrome users enjoy what they have too. They don’t want to lose that.
- The kind of tech-aware person who’d switch over this is much more likely to have seen the news months ago and taken action already.
As fun as it is to imagine an Adpocalypse shocking the masses and getting them to try out alternatives to big tech, it’s also way too optimistic, I feel.
- Comment on Spreading of the 100 biggest Lemmy communities 3 months ago:
Yeah, I love Thunder but, uh, it’s a work in progress.
- Comment on Labour MPs begin quitting X over ‘hate and disinformation’ 3 months ago:
No, they use the Authenticated Tranfer protocol (ATproto) which they developed, but I believe it’s well documented.
- Comment on The Google antitrust ruling could be an existential threat to the future of Firefox | Financials show 86% of Mozilla's revenue came from the agreement keeping Google as Firefox's default search engine 3 months ago:
Oh, him. Thanks.
nowadays he’s running the Brave browser.
Yeah, that’s what I knew him from. Figures he would go on to lead a browser infamous for its controversies.
- Comment on The Google antitrust ruling could be an existential threat to the future of Firefox | Financials show 86% of Mozilla's revenue came from the agreement keeping Google as Firefox's default search engine 3 months ago:
I believe I remember reading that Apple gets a share of the money from google searches by their users, too. That’s a ridiculous amount of incentive to sit on your ass and never try anything different.
I’ll try to add a source here, later.