albert180

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[–] albert180@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

You can read more Here

If you try to rate-limit them, they'll just switch to other IPs all the time. If you try to block them by User Agent string, they'll just switch to a non-bot UA string (no, really). This is literally a DDoS on the entire internet.

https://pod.geraspora.de/posts/17342163

They just Fake User Agents If you Block them

[–] albert180@discuss.tchncs.de 45 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Imagine thinking that there are no modern Services or Communication besides Apple and Google

[–] albert180@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Kebabs don't dominate our eating as much as Burgers do in the US

[–] albert180@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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.

https://annas-archive.org/faq

[–] albert180@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] albert180@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] albert180@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] albert180@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You can cancel Billing Agreements in PayPal. It's quite convenient

[–] albert180@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] albert180@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] albert180@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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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