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   David Revoy (davidrevoy@framapiaf.org)'s status on Sunday, 02-Mar-2025 05:09:32 JST David Revoy

   How my Firefox became a LibreWolf

   New blog-post: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1065/how-my-firefox-became-a-librewolf

   #firefox #librewolf #tos #webcomic

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Sunday, 02-Mar-2025 05:44:00 JST SuperDicq

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     @davidrevoy@framapiaf.org I now wonder what a GNU IceCat looks like.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 02-Mar-2025 18:10:58 JST 翠星石

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 02-Mar-2025 21:57:44 JST 翠星石

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     @davidrevoy @Linux_Is_Best I'm not sure why you would write all that instead of writing that Vivaldi is proprietary malware (it is).
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     David Revoy (davidrevoy@framapiaf.org)'s status on Sunday, 02-Mar-2025 21:57:45 JST David Revoy

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     @Linux_Is_Best You know Vivaldi is not free/libre and open source software, right?

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     Linux Is Best (linux_is_best@misskey.de)'s status on Sunday, 02-Mar-2025 21:57:47 JST Linux Is Best

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     @davidrevoy@framapiaf.org As someone who used to help contribute to Firefox, and who, outside the development, made a Linux installer for Firefox ("Firefox Automatic Installer for Linux"), I absolutely hate LibreWolf. -- Why? 🤔
     
     LibreWorlf often breaks things (repeatedly). Then proceeds to blame Mozilla Firefox, even when Firefox was still good. They seldom took responsibility for their own issues and always passed the blame, despite those issues being exclusive to LibreWolf.
     
     This only further hurt Firefox, because you had all these people saying, "just use LibreWolf" while also saying, "Firefox is the problem." But LibreWolf 100% depends on Firefox. They're a soft-fork who has made it clear, they have no intention of ever going independent. That means, when Firefox goes, so does, LibreWolf.
     
     I switched to Vivaldi Browser. It is everything Firefox should have been. Yes, it is Chromium fork, but they do not follow along with everything Google does. Not only do they include their own ad-blocker, but they worked with uBlock to include v3 support going forward, that works nicely alongside their ad-blocker. I even use Privacy Badger alongside both.

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Sunday, 02-Mar-2025 23:37:43 JST SuperDicq

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     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com @davidrevoy@framapiaf.org I would expect a GNU IceCat to be some sort of combination of a cat and a gnu tho

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     David Revoy (davidrevoy@framapiaf.org)'s status on Sunday, 02-Mar-2025 23:38:16 JST David Revoy

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     @Suiseiseki @SuperDicq 😍 Big potential for artwork this blue IceCat 💙

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     Simon Zerafa (simonzerafa@infosec.exchange)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 00:15:36 JST Simon Zerafa

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     @protonprivacy also flounced off Mastodon after they received well deserved criticism.

     Is @mozillaofficial doing the same? 🫤🤷♂️

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     David Revoy (davidrevoy@framapiaf.org)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 00:15:36 JST David Revoy

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     @simonzerafa @protonprivacy @mozillaofficial I'm not sure how official the account you linked here is, the branding feels off and it's not really noted in the bio this is their official new account.

     Before December, Mozilla had their instance, and decided to remove it ( src. https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/17/mozilla-exits-the-fediverse-and-will-shutter-its-mastodon-server-in-december/ )

     Proton also really manage their PR like rotten potatoes imo ( https://theintercept.com/2025/01/28/proton-mail-andy-yen-trump-republicans/ )

     ... both company also abuse marketing bs wording and praise AI. Not surprising they are criticized here.

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     David Revoy (davidrevoy@framapiaf.org)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 00:15:45 JST David Revoy

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     @BluesHarp But Vivaldi is not free/libre and open source software... This is even not an option on my operating system as it is really impossible to know what Vivaldi dev are doing with your data.

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     Mad Dog Ace Run (bluesharp@musicians.today)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 00:15:46 JST Mad Dog Ace Run

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     @davidrevoy
     Vivaldi right now and it works great.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 17:55:55 JST 翠星石

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     @Linux_Is_Best @davidrevoy It's actually possible to configure firefox to make 0 spying requests and as a result, if you install GNU icecat or Tor Browser, you don't get spied on.
     
     Auto update checking can be disabled on firefox, but I'm not sure about Brave or Vivaldi.
     
     >If you want safety and security and most importantly, privacy, you go with Vivaldi.
     You will never get safety, security or privacy with proprietary malware.
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     Linux Is Best (linux_is_best@misskey.de)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 17:55:57 JST Linux Is Best

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     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com @davidrevoy@framapiaf.org Because Firefox and Brave are open source malware, spyware, adware, and calls home like a lost child wanting their mother. And while Vivaldi is not open source, it calls out to check for updates, Widevine updates, and bug reports for a total of 3-4x in the whole day, as opposed to the 4x per hour or more that Firefox and Brave call out, continuously. If you want safety and security and most importantly, privacy, you go with Vivaldi.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 20:45:31 JST 翠星石

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     @Yoruka @davidrevoy @Linux_Is_Best It is impossible to trust proprietary malware and baiting with proprietary malware should cause a total loss of reputation (alas people don't know better).
     
     No browser should be proprietary, whether it uses chromium or not.
     
     No software should be proprietary.
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     夜化 (yoruka@eientei.org)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 20:45:33 JST 夜化

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     @Linux_Is_Best @davidrevoy @Suiseiseki I have 0 reasons to trust Vivaldi. They might have reputation and they make proper requests that's all nullified when the program is not free. A browser that merely uses Chromium should not be proprietary.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 20:52:30 JST 翠星石

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     @Yoruka @davidrevoy @Linux_Is_Best There is no problem with selling free software; https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html#selling
     
     If someone personally wrote a whole browser engine in GNU C, with full HTML5 support that doesn't support JavaScript, and released it under the AGPLv3-or-later, I'd be happy to pay $20 equivalent in XMR for a copy (although I might try it out from a copy shared from someone else first).
     
     Yes, the main reason why proprietary software developers refuse to make software even source-available is because doing so would reveal the malware.
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     夜化 (yoruka@eientei.org)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 20:52:32 JST 夜化

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     @Suiseiseki @davidrevoy @Linux_Is_Best I mean maybe you made a whole ass browser engine and you feel so proud about it you sell it for 20 bucks. Just know I and probably no person would ever use it. From what I hear the Vivaldi devs REJECT making the browser free which does make me wonder why. Probably because it contains undesirable code there is no other explanation.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 21:08:45 JST 翠星石

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     @Yoruka @davidrevoy @Linux_Is_Best Free means freedom and has nothing to do with gratis (although you can easily construct; free of charge); https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html#four-freedoms
     
     Nonfree and proprietary are two words for the same things.
     
     You can make plenty of money with free software - whether that's custom software or support (few people even make money from binaries of free software, like Ardour, although such practice is now mostly obsolete, like icemen).
     
     Although, it is impossible to make a fortune and become a billionaire without multiple crimes against humanity, for example making software proprietary and for some reason people see becoming a billionaire as a good thing rather than a bad thing.
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     夜化 (yoruka@eientei.org)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 21:08:46 JST 夜化

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     @Suiseiseki @davidrevoy @Linux_Is_Best Oh you mean commercial software, I don't really know about that. If you can find a way to make money without purposefully fucking over your customers I'm fine with it