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   SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Feb-2026 20:12:33 JST SuperDicq

   Choosing a browser in 2026 be like:
   
   Chromium: I hope you don't blocking ads because we sure don't.
   
   Firefox: Sorry we couldn't spend more money on software development, our CEO needs to buy a second yacht.
   
   Opera: You guys like video games, right? We got a vtuber now! Please come back...
   
   Brave: So yeah you watch ads and then you earn BAT coins and... hey where are you going?
   
   Librewolf: We are the most secure, also we forgot to remove Mozilla's AI spyware by accident. Sorry.
   
   Palemoon: Sues you for trademark infringement
   
   Vivaldi: So yeah we forked Chromium and just simply added a proprietary frontend to it without fixing any of the underlying issues.
   
   Floorp: So yeah we forked Firefox and just simply added a proprietary frontend to it without fixing any of the underlying issues.
   
   Ladybird: We rewrote our entire codebase using vibecoding in two weeks.
   
   GNU IceCat: :gnu_interjection:
   
   Gnome Web: :usecase:

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     Johnny Peligro (mischievoustomato@tsundere.love)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Feb-2026 20:14:20 JST Johnny Peligro

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     @SuperDicq I block ads on Chrome just fine.
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     Gianmarco Gargiulo (gianmarcogg03@mastodon.uno)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Feb-2026 20:15:23 JST Gianmarco Gargiulo

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     @SuperDicq isn't Mozilla's AI stuff all local?

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     Johnny Peligro (mischievoustomato@tsundere.love)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Feb-2026 20:15:50 JST Johnny Peligro

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     • Johnny Peligro
     @SuperDicq Also, Brave and Opera seem fairly popular, most people at uni use either of the two. I saw like 2 firefox users across the years lol.
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     phnt (phnt@pl.borked.technology)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Feb-2026 20:17:55 JST phnt

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     @SuperDicq
     >qutebrowser not mentioned
     >WebKit represented using the shittiest browser imaginable
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Feb-2026 20:18:12 JST SuperDicq

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     • Gianmarco Gargiulo

     @gianmarcogg03@mastodon.uno Optionally but not by default

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Feb-2026 20:19:54 JST SuperDicq

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     • March 16th, The Hyperboreatkeshiator

     @HatkeshiatorTND@annihilation.social I didn't include those on purpose because I don't think including tty browsers or cli utilities offers a meaningful comparison.

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     March 16th, The Hyperboreatkeshiator (hatkeshiatortnd@annihilation.social)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Feb-2026 20:19:55 JST March 16th, The Hyperboreatkeshiator

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     @SuperDicq lynx:
     gnu wget:
     gnu netcat:
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Feb-2026 20:21:41 JST SuperDicq

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     • March 16th, The Hyperboreatkeshiator

     @HatkeshiatorTND@annihilation.social Also the best GNU browser is eww (Emacs Web Wowser)

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     phnt (phnt@pl.borked.technology)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Feb-2026 20:26:57 JST phnt

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     • Johnny Peligro
     @mischievoustomato @SuperDicq Opera used to be great when it was still presto.
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Feb-2026 20:27:28 JST SuperDicq

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     • March 16th, The Hyperboreatkeshiator

     @HatkeshiatorTND@annihilation.social Apples and oranges.
     
     Elisp is not cursed, it just runs inside an interpreter and is evaluated on runtime. It is literally made to allow you to do literally anything in Emacs and nothing else.
     
     Meanwhile Guile Scheme is an actual general purpose programming language. I like using it on Guix.

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     March 16th, The Hyperboreatkeshiator (hatkeshiatortnd@annihilation.social)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Feb-2026 20:27:29 JST March 16th, The Hyperboreatkeshiator

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     @SuperDicq >using cursed elisp instead of blessed guile scheme in the big twenty six
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Feb-2026 20:30:01 JST SuperDicq

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     • March 16th, The Hyperboreatkeshiator

     @HatkeshiatorTND@annihilation.social Like you can't modify Scheme code while it is running, because it's already converted in bytecode. In elisp you can, and this is trivial.

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Feb-2026 20:50:37 JST SuperDicq

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     • Pikario :godot:

     @pikario@mastodon.gamedev.place Yes, that is indeed the downside of the Mozilla Public License. It has a weak file based copyleft that allows you add proprietary code to the codebase as long as it is not in any of the existing files.
     
     https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Floorp-Projects/Floorp-private-components/main/LICENSE
     
     Floorp has a source available non-commercial license. It is not free software.

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     Pikario :godot: (pikario@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Feb-2026 20:50:38 JST Pikario :godot:

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     @SuperDicq I didn't know parts of floorp were proprietary 😢

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Feb-2026 20:54:10 JST SuperDicq

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     • Pikario :godot:

     @pikario@mastodon.gamedev.place Never heard about it, sorry. I guess I will check it out if it is free software.

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     Pikario :godot: (pikario@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Feb-2026 20:54:12 JST Pikario :godot:

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     @SuperDicq you didn't list Zen, does it means they didn't do anything wrong (yet)?

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Feb-2026 20:59:34 JST SuperDicq

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     • March 16th, The Hyperboreatkeshiator

     @grips@cawfee.club @HatkeshiatorTND@annihilation.social I believe that is intentional. It's a joke.

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     john paul grips (grips@cawfee.club)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Feb-2026 20:59:35 JST john paul grips

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     • March 16th, The Hyperboreatkeshiator
     @SuperDicq @HatkeshiatorTND even the name is an expression of disgust :smug2:
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Feb-2026 21:01:10 JST SuperDicq

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     • Pikario :godot:

     @pikario@mastodon.gamedev.place I mean I'm not anti-AI really as long as it is local and free.
     
     I just don't want my browser to talk to third party APIs without my consent.

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     Pikario :godot: (pikario@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Feb-2026 21:01:11 JST Pikario :godot:

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     @SuperDicq what I know is that like LibreWolf they've taken the stance to remove all AI junk coming from firefox : https://floss.social/@zenbrowser/115731119480346990