Gregory's ServerMozilla and Automattic really duking it out for who can lose decades of community goodwill the fastest
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   God damn it. I use #Firefox specifically to avoid advertising, because advertising is a #malware vector. Now I find out it's going to have that malware built in. Now what do I use? There aren't too many competent browsers with an official #Debian package, and even fewer that are capable of robustly blocking ads. @argv_minus_one @FritzAdalis @990000 @tkinias idk much about browser architecture, but brave browser works well for me. Seems to be decent at blocking ads. Brave is tied up with cryptocurrency. I trust them even less than I trust Mozilla's advertising partners.   Any recommendations for alternatives to WP that can be self hosted and as easy to install? I am frustrated with the path Automattic/Matt has choen to take.  @MichaelBishop @sass Donโt make yourself more problems than necessary. As long as you self-host, you will be fine with WP. Before you switch to another blog, let the situation develop further. @frumble @MichaelBishop @sass Indeed! From my understanding, WP (the code) is separate from WP (the hosting company owned by Automattic) and is thus Still OK. I use neither but the details are bubbling up about it so it seems fine to be making no sudden moves. If you like to stay on the PHP side, give a try for https://docs.s9y.org/index.html I moved to https://gohugo.io/   No contest. Mozilla Firefox does not support Jetpack by default. You have to install a plugin. But, when a Wordpress site installs Jetpack, then you had no choice. Client Server distinction.   Back in the 3.5 to 5.0 era, I'd say yeah, at least some. When the senior engineers would reach out directly over a minor community comment.  @Daojoan What have they done now? They kinda have a history of violating user trust, but their users donโt seem to actually care. @Daojoan yeah, not a lot of good options in the browser space currently. Iโm giving Floorp a spin, and so far it seems pretty good. https://floorp.app/    @Fingel i'll dunk on mozilla all i want. firefox is my daily driver browser on my phone and computer. i don't even have chrome on my computer.   @Daojoan Seemingly the term of this Decade is Corey Doctorow's 'Enshitiffcation'. Whether it be tried and true companies like Microsoft taking it's sterling brand Windows and plunging it into the depths of shit by loading it up with ads and selling Start menu slots to the highest bidder. Or, Mozilla/Automattic the do-gooders of the modern web being altruistic at every turn. Until the reality of having to make a buck to keep the lights on is an actual thing.     |
@Daojoan Mozilla will probably get the gong. The race to the bottom is really heating up - no doubt due to friction.