Haha thanks for the quick summary! I made my post as a joke. The line is from a movie called Master of Disguise.

There’s a dark side? Like in Star Wars?

I don’t think this should surprise anyone, given the new CEO they got and the announcement that was made immediately afterwards, followed by the layoffs. Fortunately, there are Firefox forks that we can switch to as a form of protest, provided that the forks keep these changes out of their codebases.

One thing I predict happening is that this move by Mozilla could spur more activities for the Firefox Forks. It would be a good opportunity for the developers of Mull, Librewolf, and Waterfox to think of ways to make their respective browsers stand out or be unique. Maybe we can one day see an Android version of Librewolf or a new web engine get developed in response to all this mess. Just a thought, of course.

Cool! I would love to see the effectiveness of this procedure in treating headaches and migraines.

I think I’ll just stick with Mastodon and Lemmy.

Great! But, let’s remember this is Facebook after all, so… 🤷‍♂️

I don’t know whether to cautiously applaud or be even more concerned about another “AI” being released way too early than it should.

To quote a line from Star Wars, “This deal is getting worse all the time!”

Well, I guess now is as good a time as any to become a pirate. Drink up me hearties, yo-ho!

Well, for the users, I guess this is a lesson for them to not bank on a Big Tech company like Apple to cover their financial credit and transactions.

While I largely agree with the options that Tuta provides, I think the article could’ve been more succinct and to the point if they condensed all the Firefox forks like PaleMoon and WaterFox under one category. Also, I’m not sure if Brave should be on this list, not just because of their Chromium foundation but also because of their use of cryptocurrency, something I consider very suspicious and unsustainable. Finally, I question whether DuckDuckGo should be on the list. True, they are more private when compared to Google and all, but aren’t they limited to what they can block through their contract with Microsoft? I remember hearing/reading something about that.

You’re absolutely right about PeerTube. However, given the recent decisions made by YouTube and its parent company on adblocking, I think we might see a surge in PeerTube content and development soon.

One thing I have noticed in the past year is that whenever Big Tech services become compromised or make controversial decisions, the Fediverse equivalent starts to bloom. I joined Mastodon and Lemmy earlier this year because of the controversies surrounding X and Reddit. Now that YouTube has done the same, I think we will soon see a “great migration” to PeerTube.

Just my two cents.

Didn’t Robocop teach us not to do this? I mean, wasn’t that the whole point of the ED-209 robot?

Don’t forget about the Firefox forks like LibreWolf!

I recently discovered some YouTube front-end apps that provide a better interface than the one in the native app. It was thanks to this comment made on another post about YouTube and ad-blockers:

https://lemmy.world/comment/5006617

Not sure if you have seen this or not, but if not, do try some of them out.

That’s true, and as with any networking platform, whether that be a social media site or a messaging app, who you know and how many of them are on the platform is a strong determining factor in whether you join that platform or not. For now, I just have an account set up on both of those sites, just in case, but I’m not holding my breath for any of my close friends to join anytime soon.

I recently discovered Pixelfed and Friendica on the Fediverse. They are the equivalent to Instagram and Facebook, respectively. Perhaps now would be a good time to migrate over to those platforms?

I think I’m going to stick with my local hospital network and pharmacy. I’m doubtful that my health problems can be solved by a company with a very poor reputation on worker safety and wellness.

One thousand TikToks? How do you retain your sanity from watching that many?

Wow, this is quite tempting! Not only is the display going to be brighter and have better coloring, the refresh rate can go up to 90Hz (as indicated by the Tech Specs).