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[–] c0smokram3r@midwest.social 118 points 4 months ago (17 children)

WTH, Mozilla 🤦🏼‍♀️

Also, fuck you, dude:

One Mozilla developer claimed that explaining PPA would be too challenging, so they had to opt users in by default.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 95 points 4 months ago (3 children)

"You're too dumb to understand so we make decisions for you"

Fuck that condescending prick with a pineapple.

[–] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Chill; he’s probably not talking about you. He is talking about “your mom”. If you want her to use Firefox, it’s got to be simple.

[–] Don_alForno@feddit.de 8 points 4 months ago

Opt-in IS simple. Mom just won't opt in.

[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

But this PPA stuff doesn't need to be enabled by default. They are opting-in all Firefox users to something they don't understand.

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