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Cake day: June 15th, 2023

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  • I am not an expert so I would highly recommend looking into more credible sources but my guess would be, since this is most likely not a very popular add-on, any browser with it would stand out considerably more relative to not having it.

    Typically its common for browsers that want to reduce fingerprinting (tor, mullvad etc) recommend not installing new addons as then you stand out from crowd.

    I’d say, since there are so many alternative ways to get this filter list, even if its a marginal increase in fingerprinting, its not worth installing it as an add-on.










  • Honestly i found that whole excerpt to be pretty nonsensical.

    Don’t see how that relates to what i said and then you quoted but reworded (why?). Plus it all just circles back into “its bad cause the UX is slightly more inconvenient”.

    If the author had any substance to his argument it wouldn’t require laying out a ridiculous scenario just to get the reader to understand what in hell he is trying to say.

    He basically tldrs the whole article a few sentences later with " I want it to be easy to use." The author never seriously considers if that’s worth the cost.


  • Author seems to ignore that FOSS projects tend to be much smaller teams without budget to create the user experience that private VC funded projects can.

    Ths whole accountability argument seems to be pretty disingenuous, allowing anyone who wants to evaluate the source code is about as accountable as it gets.

    The not-so-subtle “you will be lazy about what your doing if someone is not paying you not to be” vibe throughout this article is off putting to say the least.

    I also find prioritizing user experience over the sharing of source code to be misguided. Allowing folks to gate keep knowledge and hide what they are doing is a big price just for a better user experience.

    The real issue with FOSS is the same as with P2P networks. Most people are leechers whose only contribution is lip service.