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Firefox has a lot of issues, but maybe we don't have any other option. (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/20260243

Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled

Google Chrome is now encouraging uBlock Origin users who have updated to the latest version to switch to other ad blockers before Manifest v2 extensions are disabled.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Kinda weird that you focus on the financial side on this site of all places. I thought Lemmy didn't care too much about that.

But regardless. I don't care about the financial side. There are several competing open source browsers and any of them can take the helm.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

As soon as there's another spectre level security incident that requires a massive rewrite of the engine, any rendering engine developers with sub 100M budgets are sunk. Frankly 100M is probably being optimistic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Eh. Like I said... financial shit I don't care about.

Spectre wasn't even Firefox's fault. It was a CPU vulnerability.

In the end, if an open source browser cannot step up, some other will and take its place. I'm okay with that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You may not care about financial shit, but that doesn't change the reality of the situation. My point is precisely that the financial costs are so prohibitive, that the most likely scenario is that no one will be capable of stepping up long term.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I don't know, man. Look at where big projects are at right now. Blender, Gimp, Linux, Inkscape, KDNLive...

It can happen.

But anyway. The day I can't use a secure, open-source web browser is the day I'll stop web browsing. Just like when I decided to never buy commercial music, go to the movies or buy a Smart TV.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I care about viability. There is no way to keep up a project like Firefox and maintain web compatibility and proper security hygiene by relying on volunteers in today's world. All those competing open source browsers only have the luxury of not caring about the financial side because they're relying on the efforts of organisations that do.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I can understand you, friend. We both want the same thing. Unfortunately, I don't know how to help in that respect, so I'll help in the ways I can - spreading the word and contributing to code if necessary.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

spreading the word and contributing to code if necessary.

That's exactly what I'm calling for - keep up the good work!