I could live with an ultra-thin Windows 98 style taskbar (if I actually cared to buy a new PC so I could use Windows 11). Yet even that’s not an option IIRC.

I understand Mullvad as a middle-ground between the anonymity of Tor and the convenience of Firefox. I’m not entirely convinced either way as to whether it is compatible.

I’d use Mullvad if it allowed my to install certain extensions and sync my bookmarks.

Using Librewolf deprives Firefox of sponsor money, so it’s to some extent a boycott. The idea though that we need to switch to a new browser engine because we lost faith in Mozilla is a bit silly, the Gecko engine is open source so it can be stuck with even if Mozilla goes away. Just look at Pale Moon (not great security-wise, but it does exist).

Ultimately any realistic Firefox fork needs to at least halve the size of the codebase so that it’s maintainable. Or move the unmaintainable code into a “use at your own risk, only on trusted sites” box.

I mostly use Firefox because it lets you bookmark a page without overwriting an existing bookmark. I have a lot of bookmarks and they sometimes need to be in multiple folders, but Blink-based browsers only let you create duplicates by manually copying a bookmark and pasting it elsewhere.

I’m finding certain security features being lacking from Firefox to be annoying. I should be able to set JIT javascript compiliation and DRM should be opt-in on a per-site basis considering the security risks in those codebases, especially considering the weaker security of the Gecko engine.

But I’m also concerned about the prospect of the only browser engine besides Webkit being Blink, but if that were my only issue I could spoof my user agent.

We’ll cross that bridge when and if we come to it. Or rather we won’t, the devs behind these projects will.

The PM Is not the kind of person to sell out Australia for the gambling industry. Labor as a party is beholden to the gambling industry because money talks in Australian politics. Sure they did pass political donation reform, but the press is beholden to advertisers and so the advertisers have a lot of influence in the press.

I’m starting to question whether the free press should even exist, or can exist under capitalism.

But they’re deleting my social media.

A lot of debate has been had about whether the CEO is trustworthy, but I guess if they’re not doing end to end encryption then there’s no point.

It’ll have a devastating effect for people who work in the industries.

Those of us who don’t play AAA games or watch Warner Bros or Paramount movies don’t really have much to lose here. Worst case scenario there are always Nigerian and Uzbek movies.

He said that Republicans were more responsive on privacy than the Democrats, there’s nothing weird about that. Though it is pretty clear that the Republicans were responsive for all the wrong reasons.

It’s okay, I’m Australian, my government’s got me covered.

Oh, looking it up they do come to about the same weight in the end (information that was very difficult to source BTW). Guess that eliminates much of the entire point of this. All I would need is 80km of range at most so I’m put off by all these cars offering 500km that I don’t want or need.

I guess an old EV is probably the better option. With the added advantage that I’ll probably get physical controls instead of a damn touch-screen.

Battery fires get more news coverage not because their more common, but because they are so catastrophic when they do happen. As for comparisons to gasoline, I’d be leaving the tank empty so that’s not a concern for me.

I would prefer not to use waste rubber and money thicker tyres carrying around a huge battery I don’t need. Worst case I can use those same tires on a car with a lighter battery.

Good point about regenerative braking, I forgot about that.

I’ve been hoping to get a PHEV because I don’t want some 300km-range battery (nor the resulting fire risk, tyre wear, or brake wear), but there aren’t any really cheap plug in hybrids. I’m probably gonna be stuck getting a used EV with an oversized battery when my sister’s old car dies.

And KDE is predominately German.

Finally, something decent to come out of the surveillance state.

I tried that, Windows FOR SOME FUCKING REASON keeps opening new holes in the firewall anyway.

I’m not really interested in maximum privacy, at least right now. I’m slowly moving there though.