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  1. Comment on Credit cards and privacy: Can I have both? in ~tech

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    As @stu2b50 said, it'd be illegal for credit card companies not to track your purchases. One of the reasons why credit cards exists and why there's a push to eliminate cash is to limit the so...

    As @stu2b50 said, it'd be illegal for credit card companies not to track your purchases. One of the reasons why credit cards exists and why there's a push to eliminate cash is to limit the so called informal economy.

    For stuff like Discord, you can make the purchase through App Store or, I assume, Google Play Store and have the purchase appear as though you made the payment to them and not directly to Discord. This is a safer way to do things anyway. I don't know how Discord prices the platform's own cut into their own prices, so you might end up paying more, but you'd certainly hide your Discord purchase from your bank statements.

    If it's enabled, I try to make all my purchases this way, not because of privacy but because of security. It's the same reason why I never give my actual credit card number to any merchant, but instead I use a virtual card provided by my bank with spending limits.

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  2. Comment on Getting tired of Firefox in ~tech

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    The only third party extension I was running was Bypass Paywalls. I don't think that's the issue, I even double checked it using its issues page but couldn't find anyone having a similar issue. To...

    The only third party extension I was running was Bypass Paywalls. I don't think that's the issue, I even double checked it using its issues page but couldn't find anyone having a similar issue. To be on the safer side, I'm not running it this time around for troubleshooting purposes. I wasn't benefiting much from it anyway.

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  3. Comment on Getting tired of Firefox in ~tech

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    I wish I knew. I know I didn't have this problem on Fedora during my time of using it for about two years. I don't use Firefox on macOS so I wouldn't know. I use Firefox on Windows and iOS, but on...

    I wish I knew. I know I didn't have this problem on Fedora during my time of using it for about two years. I don't use Firefox on macOS so I wouldn't know. I use Firefox on Windows and iOS, but on iOS I only use it to send links to Windows. Funnily enough, on iOS, I sometimes have to deal with having to re-sign into my account as it signs out for no reason. That might be security related more than a bug in the case of the Windows version, though.

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  4. Comment on Getting tired of Firefox in ~tech

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    Hey, thanks! For what it's worth, I do enable telemetry on software if they're made by someone I trust and I trust Firefox, as much as one can. I checked Bugzilla after it was rightly pointed out...

    Hey, thanks!

    For what it's worth, I do enable telemetry on software if they're made by someone I trust and I trust Firefox, as much as one can.

    I checked Bugzilla after it was rightly pointed out that I should but I couldn't see any other example of a similar bug. I haven't really dug into researching the issue as my time is constrained at the moment, but almost every thread I've encountered so far mention that Firefox, for various reasons, might be inclined to create a new profile even though the older profile remains intact, and you can load your previous profile from about:profiles1. No mention of why this is happening and how one can prevent it. There are plenty of people suffering from this issue, however. At least much more so than on Tildes.

    As for userChrome, I mentioned in another comment that it's tiny and inconsequential for me. It was to make the context menu more compact and center the bookmarks toolbar. I think the total file had about 15 or so lines of CSS. I don't even use it now, for troubleshooting purposes, when I will have to eventually deal with this again.


    1: While scrubbing Firefox out of my system for a completely fresh install, I did remember seeing three different profiles in the %appdata% folder.

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  5. Comment on Getting tired of Firefox in ~tech

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    That's gotta be annoying, I'm sorry to hear it and I hope you don't deal with it again. Is it just the pinned tabs that reset?

    That's gotta be annoying, I'm sorry to hear it and I hope you don't deal with it again. Is it just the pinned tabs that reset?

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  6. Comment on Getting tired of Firefox in ~tech

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    It's pretty vanilla. I think I only have a single flag edited on about:config so I could add my Kagi key as custom search. My settings are a bit more complex, but I do all of them from the...

    I of course don't know how you have set up you firefox.

    It's pretty vanilla. I think I only have a single flag edited on about:config so I could add my Kagi key as custom search. My settings are a bit more complex, but I do all of them from the browser's settings menu, about:preferences, not via some obscure command.

    I do have extension settings that have accumulated over the years, namely uBlock and my custom filters and rules but I doubt that's the culprit.

    I do back my profile occasionally, but I almost never restore it for the reasons you mentioned. I feel like that's using a duct tape over a crack that has already been duct taped. It makes troubleshooting hard, so I often opt out of doing it. I don't practice this just for Firefox but almost every other software I use. Leave it as default as possible, the way its developer intended to do. If I can't adapt to their flow, I look elsewhere. I'm just a boring person who don't ask for much, as long as things don't break.

    3 votes
  7. Comment on Getting tired of Firefox in ~tech

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    Nope, that can't be it. I've got plenty of space available and as you implied, the issue has got to be browser based. While I don't have a technical proof of this, I can't imagine Firefox letting...

    Nope, that can't be it. I've got plenty of space available and as you implied, the issue has got to be browser based. While I don't have a technical proof of this, I can't imagine Firefox letting extensions reset the browser. Good guess, though!

  8. Comment on Getting tired of Firefox in ~tech

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    Thank you, I hope so too. I've done the whole wiping Firefox out of my system thing today after I encountered the issue. Cleared up %appdata and registry and all the rest. That wasn't something...

    Thank you, I hope so too. I've done the whole wiping Firefox out of my system thing today after I encountered the issue. Cleared up %appdata and registry and all the rest. That wasn't something I'd done before, so I hope it helped!

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  9. Comment on Getting tired of Firefox in ~tech

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    I don't think this would help with the browser resetting itself, but it might help with the sync issues. Thank you for your advice. I will create a new account now and see if it helps for the long...

    I don't think this would help with the browser resetting itself, but it might help with the sync issues. Thank you for your advice. I will create a new account now and see if it helps for the long haul.

    1 vote
  10. Comment on Getting tired of Firefox in ~tech

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    My userChrome is tiny. I used to use cascade when my main OS was Fedora i3 Spin and given how much cascade changed things, I did encounter some breakage here and there but that came with the...

    My userChrome is tiny. I used to use cascade when my main OS was Fedora i3 Spin and given how much cascade changed things, I did encounter some breakage here and there but that came with the territory. On Windows, I use userChrome only to center my bookmarks toolbar and make the context menus more compact. It's something I can live without, but I do have it backed up and it doesn't take much time to get it restored. It's the extensions I'm having the most trouble with.

  11. Comment on Getting tired of Firefox in ~tech

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    Time does fly fast, that's why I don't want to spend time dealing with this anymore. 😊

    Time does fly fast, that's why I don't want to spend time dealing with this anymore. 😊

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  12. Comment on Getting tired of Firefox in ~tech

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    My workflow is roughly the same. I essentially use the browser in private mode (but not exactly). My problem is not about extensions breaking, though. They work fine when they're installed. My...

    My workflow is roughly the same. I essentially use the browser in private mode (but not exactly). My problem is not about extensions breaking, though. They work fine when they're installed. My issue is they're gone after an update, all together. I doubt this issue is extension related, but the ones I'm running are: uBlock Origin, 1Password, Privacy Badger, Vimium C, ClearURLs, Kagi, and Raindrop.

  13. Comment on Getting tired of Firefox in ~tech

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    On the contrary, I think the fact that I seem to be alone, at least so far, in experiencing this issue is very helpful. I'm honestly glad this seems to be the case. I will certainly research this...

    On the contrary, I think the fact that I seem to be alone, at least so far, in experiencing this issue is very helpful. I'm honestly glad this seems to be the case. I will certainly research this issue more than I already have. Hopefully I'll come across someone else who've managed to fix this issue. It's such a bugger though, as it happens few and far in between and it's not something I can intentionally reproduce.

    (If I do happen to fix the issue, I'll update the post.)

    28 votes
  14. Comment on Getting tired of Firefox in ~tech

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    That sync issue happens to me as well, but as I said, browsers are complicated and so is sync. That doesn't bother me. I will keep this in mind if I encounter this problem again. I've set things...

    That sync issue happens to me as well, but as I said, browsers are complicated and so is sync. That doesn't bother me.

    This might sound silly but be sure to check about:profiles and try "Restart with Addons disabled" when this happens.

    I will keep this in mind if I encounter this problem again. I've set things up already, waiting for it to break for the next time. Hopefully I'll have enough willpower to do it all over again and if I do, I'll give this one a go.

    try Firefox straight from Mozilla instead of through package managers or other distribution channels.

    Yep, I don't use anything but the direct sources unless I'm on Fedora but that's good advice.

    3 votes
  15. Comment on Getting tired of Firefox in ~tech

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    I'm not using Windows full time and when I do it's mostly not by choice. I'm not against software updates, in fact, I like them quite a bit. I just don't like it when it breaks basic...

    If you're using windows, why not just use Edge?

    I'm not using Windows full time and when I do it's mostly not by choice.

    It doesn't update unexpectedly then. Or indeed at all. [...]

    I'm not against software updates, in fact, I like them quite a bit. I just don't like it when it breaks basic functionality. Not having my browser regularly update is some kind of a horror story for me, for obvious reasons.

    You could back up your profile before updating.

    I do, but I think you're missing the point of my post. There are technical solutions or workarounds to the problem(s) I'm having. I am aware of them and I know how to apply them, as much time as they'd take. The issue is, I only have so much time. I just want my browser to not break.

    You could report the issue on bugzilla.

    You're right. I should've done that before. I don't know how I can reproduce this, though. The only correlation I have is it happens, sometimes, after an update. I don't think that's much to go on.

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  16. Getting tired of Firefox

    Am I the only one? They've made some serious improvements and I generally enjoy using Firefox but I occasionally run into issues that just shows complete disregard for end users. Assuming, of...

    Am I the only one?

    They've made some serious improvements and I generally enjoy using Firefox but I occasionally run into issues that just shows complete disregard for end users. Assuming, of course, my issues are not isolated.

    Every month or so, when Firefox updates, it completely resets itself. This doesn't happen with every update, but Mozilla pushes an update that breaks the functionality of my browser. My browser settings, my userChrome profile, my extensions and their settings, and my bookmarks are all gone. Everything.

    I do have sync but that doesn't work properly either. It only syncs some of my settings (which actually makes it harder for me to figure out what's enabled/disabled) and while I do get my bookmarks (none of which have their favicons), the extensions that manage to sync (meaning the ones that were installed from the store) don't sync their settings unless they have cloud support.

    I do not understand this. Why do I, as an end user who care about Mozilla's mission, have to deal with this? I'd overlooked many of Firefox's shortcomings in the past, but when the browser works, it works well. I have some issues, but browsers are complicated and running into issues are to be expected. I understand that, but I simply cannot understand how eager they are to break the end user's workflow. Isn't it supposed to be a cardinal sin for every software company, especially the ones trying to survive, to not do this?

    I just spent roughly half an hour of my day to get my browser back to its previous state. Adding the times I had had to deal with this issue before, I've spent hours on dealing with Firefox that I shouldn't have. I don't think I have another half an hour to spare for it and I don't want to anymore, but is there even an alternative for Windows that suck less?

    (Apologies for the rant, but I needed to vent and perhaps get a discussion going about the current state of browsers.)

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  17. Comment on Recommend a nonfiction book accessible to outsiders that makes your interest seem awesome in ~books

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    I haven't read the particular book you recommended of David Bordwell, but I've read his writing quite a bit. He passed away yesterday, may he rest in peace. If anyone's interested in about the art...

    I haven't read the particular book you recommended of David Bordwell, but I've read his writing quite a bit. He passed away yesterday, may he rest in peace. If anyone's interested in about the art of cinema, you can't not read him. His website is a great way to start.

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  19. Comment on What watch do you wear daily? in ~hobbies

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    Thank you! It's my first mechanical watch. It keeps great time, even after all these years, roughly around +/-3 seconds a day.

    Thank you! It's my first mechanical watch. It keeps great time, even after all these years, roughly around +/-3 seconds a day.

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  20. Comment on What watch do you wear daily? in ~hobbies

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    Seiko Presage SRPB03J1 and an Apple Watch SE (2nd generation). What I wear depends on what I think the day's gonna go like, but I usually end up wearing the latter. That's not to say I'm happy...

    Seiko Presage SRPB03J1 and an Apple Watch SE (2nd generation). What I wear depends on what I think the day's gonna go like, but I usually end up wearing the latter. That's not to say I'm happy with the Apple Watch, but it's got an expiry date unlike my Seiko, so I'm trying to make the best of it while it lasts.

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