Unrelated, but I just found out there's a .youtube TLD. Not sure how to feel about this.
Some features of premium actually sound really interesting, but I find myself struggling to reconcile my interest in both those features and the general idea of an internet that isn't built upon ads with my strong dislike of Google and a sincere wish to give them as little money as possible.
Always nice when a nerd snipe target takes the bullet like a champ and returns to sender with interesting data to share. I can safely tell you at least one person enjoyed reading this :^)
Just don't let your partner put it in the car wash while you sleep.
Firefox + uBlock origin with the annoyances filter list enabled did the trick for me, I think. I assume reader mode works just fine too, but I'm not a fan.
We need to get our politicians to do a lot more, a lot faster.
So we're still doomed, then? I'm sorry, I'm sure lots of this is meant to be incredibly uplifting, but it reads an awful lot like "green is cheaper, trust the market! Numbers go up, up, up!" when you consider that:
The important thing to note here being that, even if a brighter future awaits beyond, the worst is yet to come. I'll get back to this in a moment.
Yes, that the science to save the human race exists is nice. Really nice. There was a period in which I genuinely wondered if there was any chance humans wouldn't extinct themselves. But that was years ago. I've since learned that "saving the human species" is a terrible, disgusting metric. The future of what I consider humanity remains grim.
Now, if the worst is yet to come, and we can't yet even accurately predict how much worse the worst really will be, take a moment to reflect on this: which part of humanity is better prepared to weather the incoming changes, and which part is more likely to be labeled "climate change refugees?"
Humanity isn't only the richest. It's not merely the wealthiest and most developed nations. Humanity is also a lot of people who will suffer, people who I'm unconvinced will receive the aid and support they need and deserve.
Because the root cause of these issues, the systems that govern our society, have led us here and are unlikely to go away anytime soon. Because these systems have shown incredible prowess at protecting select groups of people from certain issues, while failing at completely fixing them, despite not struggling due to a lack of resources and continuous technological advances. If the pattern holds...
Then humans will survive. Many will live well.
Humanity is still pretty screwed.
TL;DR:
"The tools are here, we'll be alright, just need political will!"
Who's we? And if getting politicians to do what's right was that simple, we wouldn't be in this mess.
P.S. I'm not advocating for doom here, I just wish more people understood that Americans buying cheap Chinese electric cars won't save the people living nearby the mine in Africa where the cobalt for those batteries was extracted.
"All content I dislike must've been upvoted by bots."
No, real life is often just like that. It helps to remember that people tend to focus on the bad, and reddit culture isn't known for its tendency towards sensible takes.
Try to keep the good stuff in mind, I quite enjoyed reading through the recent AMA in r/firefox, for example.
Mozilla is a big entity. Regardless of your views, there'll always be both good and bad brewing in there. I think a disproportionately loud group of people need to learn to accept that, and reflect a bit more before commenting.
And yes, getting some distance from internet bubbles can help. Reddit is not the only culprit.
"The elephant in the room – and the opportunity – is how to solve for the industry-created problem that people don’t like and don’t trust advertising," said Garcia. "Privacy-enhancing tech doesn’t make creepy and disruptive ads less creepy or disruptive in the eyes of the average user."
Emphasis mine.
Betting on your reputation that users will trust you to adequately handle an issue that really seems like it'd end up with a conflict of interest seems like a fancier manner of saying you're risking taking a dump on your reputation.
No way through but forwards now, eh. Not feeling particularly optimistic, but I'm cheering for them all the same. Their concerns and observations about the direction the industry is headed in are valid.
Whatever their reasoning, I honestly think I'd rather have a simple, intuitive name over a Gamer™ one. Preferences apply, of course, but I often find the latter cringe-worthy.
I wouldn't even call it competition proper.
I'm sorry, but OBS is the gold standard, at least to me. I've no expectations that Valve will take its position... But they don't need to. Thing is, for a lot of people, a simple GUI to clip and share gaming moments, especially without having to install and learn how to use new software, sounds great.
Plus, I think it's safe to assume Linux support is a target. I like it.
The extremely friendly, companionship loving, and exasperatingly dumb kind. The fond type of exasperation, mind you.
As for the breed, he's a Shih Tzu :^)
Am I missing something?
Firefox is Mozilla's most profitable product. Its millions of users enable Mozilla to make deals for sponsored content (e.g. shortcuts), integrations, and biggest of all: the default search option with Google.
Apparently, according to at least one known car wash scare and the user manual, there is risk of damage if you don't set it to car wash mode first. I don't know how this compares to other electric vehicles.