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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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I only ever see online advertising when I've installed a new browser and I'm searching for uBlock Origin.

And I have to scroll to find the actual genuine link.

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[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone -5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I don't use Firefox any more. I was one of their early adopters (back when it was Firebird IIRC), but a few months ago I'd just flat had enough of their shady stuff and AI bullshit. I used Librewolf for a while but gave up on it because privacy at the price of compatibility is fine until you need something that relies on that compatibility. I haven't settled on a forever browser just yet, I'm kinda waiting until Servo becomes a viable web engine and browsers built on it emerge. For now, Vivaldi seems to be the least-bad.

[–] Agrivar@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

their shady stuff and AI bullshit

Would you mind elaborating? I feel like I'm out of the loop!

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago

The Register explained it better than I can.

Briefly: Mozilla promised they "never will" sell users' personal information and have removed that promise from their website, implying they've broken that promise. They rely on Google for 90% of their revenue so they're definitely not independent. They're pivoting to AI, integrating large lying machines into the browser. They turned on "Smart Tabs" by default which uses AI to organise your tabs for you - except it was using 100% of CPU for a number of users. Their CEO has a sub 20% approval rating on Glassdoor too. The last straw for me? They bought Fakespot and promptly killed it.

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Vivaldi... does that have a full uBlock addon? I thought it was based on Chrome, which doesn't have that any more?

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It sure does. One of the reasons I've picked it for now. I'm not fully settled on it yet, might try others later.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's also anti-open web since it's just chromium. Nothing superior for your privacy over Firefox.

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Please don't put words in my mouth. I didn't claim it was "superior for privacy". What I said was it appears to be the least-bad option for my specific use case right now.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Okay. Not sure what "shady stuff" means, but Chromium is certainly worse for the user in any way I can interpret as "shady".