I just want to say the only reason I didn’t donate sooner were:

1. I needed a friendly reminder (the lemmy post was that reminder for me) because life got busy
2. I didn’t know that Lemmy didn’t already generate enough to cover the costs of two developers

I couldn’t be happier to donate! The work you’re doing is amazing! It’s helped me kick my 15 year long reddit addiction & reminded me of the original promise of the Internet

i love my own opinions!

The best part is when it shoots holes in the wall for more mice to enter through

Definitely not the preference of every vegetable in the garden. But for the ones that are into it I’m sure it’s a peak experience

Assmonghould & his followers deserve everything not linux this world has to offer.

So that they can suffer more.

Appropriately far away from me such that I cannot smell them.

Sometimes it’s better when people don’t use Linux.

Holy shit guys. I need to get my security clearance!

As a trans person please stop. You’re not helping & are being underhandedly misogynistic.

You need to stay away from feminism and enby activism entirely until you’ve humbled yourself and seriously sat with how problematic this take is.

You’re not helping anybody with that. Least of all enbies/trans people. And not just because it makes us look bad either, though that’s certainly part of it.

I’m sorry, what?

It’s women-centered because it’s “against patriarchy”… not because it’s witchy. And they are trans & queer inclusive as well.

I didn’t say it was exactly the same as FF, I said it immediately improved my experience of the Internet

Auto logouts are IMHO better for society. Putting friction between users and addictive algorithms is a simple way to encourage healthier and more mindful habits. It also encourages better security education

If people have questions like this it’s a good thing. It will make them aware of how much privacy they are giving up so they have to make intentional choices about how they design their digital life

Capitalists have really ruined the culture of UX by making it all about what’s good for keeping people hooked & helpless rather than what’s in our collective best interests

Well I was a Firefox user since 2005 and I’m really glad people responded with top answers to my questions like the one above. We all deserve better than the status quo.

I’ve been using LibreWolf for weeks and it hasn’t broken a single thing yet… not sure what you’re on about

I’ve yet to find anything that it broke after weeks of use… and anyway it takes two seconds to disable that for a few mins in the rare event it’s necessary.

Overall an unambiguously better internet experience on LibreWolf coming from years of FireFox for me.

I’m sorry but that’s absurd.

Switching to LibreWolf after YEAAAARS of Firefox took me less than five minutes. I’ve encountered exactly zero downsides and my experience of the internet immediately improved.

Nobody changes operating systems of any sort with such little friction.

Ironically as a fediverse user I had a visceral reaction to reading that. That sounds like absolute nightmare fuel to me…

Thanks! There really isn’t any reason for me to be targeted so I think I’m fine personally. Privacy is a collective value though, so I wish to maximize it as an expression of my values.

Yeah totally fair thanks for clarifying! I would love to minimize the use of SIM cards in my life. Maybe using a faraday bag. But I also won’t be travelling to the US or ME…

IMEI number is out there and associated with home.

But if I remove the SIM, put it on airplane mode, and then travel, how can they detect my IMEI in a new location? Only by seizing the phone physically or perhaps if the emergency services settings leak it without a SIM right?

Interesting stuff tbh. At the end of the day I don’t have strong reasons for hiding except simply not liking the invasion of privacy. So I’m fine. But it does make me want to ditch my phone entirely sometimes.

That makes sense, thank you! I’m not expecting any issues with LEO so I’m fine. But out of principle and interest I like to still understand what I’m giving up and minimize how much privacy they take from me.