They just Fake User Agents If you Block them
albert180
Imagine thinking that there are no modern Services or Communication besides Apple and Google
Kebabs don't dominate our eating as much as Burgers do in the US
Wrong. Annas Archive doesn't Accept Uploads directly themselves (at least <10.000), and they recommend STC too.
To upload academic papers, please also (in addition to Library Genesis) upload to STC Nexus. They are the best shadow library for new papers.
Same
But there are a Lot of people Out there WHO pay 15$ for YouTube Premium, If you can get way better content for that Money elsewhere
Unless they monetize the wanted Features Like Ad-Blocking. 10$/Month for No Ads everywhere is a Deal that many people would probably Take. Sponsorblock, DeArrow, Video Background Player Fix, there are many QoL Improvements that a Browser Company might include to sell a Browser Subscription or likewise
The Reputation comes from people who have never tried it and are looking for an excuse why they don't use it.
It's Not more complicated than E-Mail
You can cancel Billing Agreements in PayPal. It's quite convenient
Then they will Switch to another Browser, or there will be a drop-In replacement for Electron.
It's Not that hard for the developers to Block Chrome then
How is Manifest v3, Fingerprinting and the proposed "Web Integrity API" not enshittification?
They would have gone even further with this, if Firefox wouldn't exist. And Firefox is on life Support, because they can't afford for it to Go away otherwise they would have the Antitrust regulators Breathing down their neck
but it’s hard to see any of them becoming well-developed and trustworthy for things like health data, government services, financial transactions &etc anytime soon.
I honestly don't See the Relation to Chrome.
You're suggesting that a PWA running on Firefox isn't suitable for this?
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