I know we have our complaints about the browser, but I liked this one :)

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[–] 130 points 3 days ago (11 children)

I'd prefer less ads, less budget for the CEO and less shady AI and crap opted in by default.

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  • [–] 44 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    true and I agree to all of that, but this ad is actually nice.

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  • [–] [S] 11 points 3 days ago

    I also think some outreach is important, especially if they can get that through memes instead of paying Facebook/Google.

    Having more people using Firefox instead of Google chrome is a good thing. If nothing else, websites will have more of an incentive to make sure websites work on non-chromium browsers.

    And hey, if a few of those new users donate to the project, they can be less reliant on Google and sponsored content

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  • [–] 16 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    How about no AI and crap opted-in by default? Seriously, Vivaldi is great for my needs, and I haven't had any problems using ublock origin and other ad blocking extensions with it.

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    [–] 98 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    The Internet you loved is still here.

    No it isn't. The internet I loved is long-since dead. This is the same shit internet. Firefox doesn't magically bring you to a wondrous new world of memes, and sites can still collect enough data on your device usage to build massive advertising profiles for you, despite what one may have convinced themselves of with a plethora of extensions. Also feels weird calling out browsers with built-in AI, considering the CEO's dreams to integrate AI even deeper into Firefox.

    It's a cute ad, but the core messaging is flawed.

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 3 days ago*

    While Firefox alone doesn't transport you to that internet, I think the point is that browsers like Firefox are one of the pieces that makes up that older experience. Fediverse being another, I would say a lot of us are here because we remember this style of social media.

    They have improved the intentionality of the AI features, I wish they had it opt-out and easily configurable from the start. I moved to Zen a while back (which still relies on Firefox pushing out updates)

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  • [–] 29 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    The internet I loved was a library. The internet now is a store.

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  • [–] 47 points 3 days ago* (9 children)

    It’s a great ad! Sadly the underlying message is simply not true. Regardless of the browser you use (and I do use firefox) the old internet is no longer there. Now it’s just four apps full of brain dead content. It’s quite sad actually. Loved the video though, it made me smile :_)

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  • [–] 8 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    It's still there, folks have just gotten so used to using those same four shit apps that they forgot how to surf the web.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 days ago

    Check out my Myspace page, while you're there you can find me on Digg and google video! /s

    I used to read a lot of comics on the internet, pretty sure I hit mid to high 60s of bookmarks. 80% of them no longer exist.

    Even the newer sites for things like finding niche products have been wiped, I used Massdrop for an age to get some good tech, now its owned by corsair and sells absofuckinglutely nothing.

    The modern rules of the internet are "If it doesnt make more money than god then it's not worth shit, if it does, then it's bought out by a shady conglomerate then used to harvest your data"

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago

    And Firefox has a cousin called Librewolf that you can check out for more privacy.

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  • [–] 60 points 3 days ago (5 children)

    I've been ride or die with FF since before Chrome was a thing. I keep Vivaldi installed for a few things, but FF is my daily driver.

    I know that Mozilla has made some decisions that I don't agree with, but the Internet would be worse off without FF.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    Same even on Android. If a site doesn't work well with FF, Vivaldi usually works. Vivaldi is also better for PWAs.

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    [–] 28 points 3 days ago

    Firefox is controlled opposition for Chrome so that Google can claim they aren't a monopoly in the browser scene. It's why Mozilla always makes stupid decisions in spite of making an otherwise quality browser software.

    The internet of the past also didn't need 4GB of RAM to render a page.

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  • [–] 28 points 3 days ago

    How do you do fellow kids adults?

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  • [–] 17 points 3 days ago*

    I like the way Tay Zonday moved away from the mic (to breathe in).

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago* (1 child)

    Maybe questionably truthful.

    But at this point, I’d settle for a not-Cyberpunk future. The prospect of a total Chrome monopoly horrifies me, hence I’m all for this ad.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 days ago (10 children)

    I have to keep a version of Chrome around because Firefox refuses to support or won't support web USB. But other than that my daily driver is Zen. Firefox based. And I wouldn't trade it.

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    [–] 18 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Tay Zonday and Overly Attached Girlfriend haven't aged a day.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 days ago

    Firefox is pretty great, but I prefer privacy and security by default, which is why I run librewolf only over VPN. I could go TOR, but man that's a pain.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 days ago

    Lmao, they got chuck testa, i wonder how his business doing.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Some money for Laina. Nice!

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