Waldschrat

@Waldschrat@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2-based extensions in Edge⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  LLM usage is a part of it, but it’s not the only thing. They are moving more and more in a direction that they use your usage data for marketing I feel.

  For example search suggestions, where they started tracking in which location you are searching for what and tell that third party advertisers, so that they can show you ads depending on your information. Additionally they also state very clear that they will handle personal information and location data and give that to third parties if you use advanced search. 

  Another example is the “new tab” in which they show ads and sponsored content and track how you interact with that for showing you better ads. 

  There are a lot of other features which will track behavior or usage, but you have to actively use them.

  Then there is the debate about the “you grant us non exclusive, worldwide” rights to use your uploaded and typed in data discussion. Yes, they need to have rights to handle my data I input, but together with the ads stuff this smells fishy. Maybe more so because this is the first ever Terms of Use and all of that has been working without that in the past. 

  In the meantime they set usage reports and studies active per default. You can disable it, but you have to know about that option. 

  All of that is far from other browsers like Chrome and Edge but they seem to slowly change in a more ads-driven way. Firefox was basically surviving on google money the last decade, and that may stop, so we have to be extra careful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2-based extensions in Edge⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, Firefox tries really hard to go to shit as well with their new Privacy Policy and their first ever Terms of Service.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Obsidian is now free for work - Obsidian⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You could use regular Syncthing for any device other than iOS. And for iOS you could use Sushitrain/Synctrain: github.com/pixelspark/sushitrain

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple Pulls Encrypted iCloud Security Feature in UK Amid Government Backdoor Demands⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sushitrain/Synctrain might be what you looking for. It’s a libre and new app for putting syncthing to iOS: github.com/pixelspark/sushitrain

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple is once again advertising on X after more than a year⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hmmmm, money

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looks like Lemmy is climbing up to the 2023 exodus days numbers again⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What happened 2023?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nothing a whole lotta *COPE* can't fix⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  These are problems for all people, not just the young ones.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any better mechanical keyboards that don't break the bank?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It is great that the firmware is open source. However their customer support is utter shite. I have given up several times hoping for help on a keyboard bug.