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44 votes
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Germany legal case alleging adblockers violate copyright
53 votes -
Firefox just got better for Chinese, Japanese and Korean speakers on Android
19 votes -
AOL will end dial-up internet service in September, 34 years after it's debut — AOL Shield Browser and AOL Dialer software will be shuttered on the same day
36 votes -
Web browsers with AI assistants built-in are coming
4 votes -
uBlock Origin Lite for Safari
32 votes -
OpenAI to release web browser in challenge to Google Chrome
37 votes -
Address bar shows hp.com. Browser displays scammers’ malicious text anyway.
31 votes -
Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers
22 votes -
All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of their funding
55 votes -
Firefox now supports native vertical tabs in 136.0 release
64 votes -
Don't trust Firefox to backup your session
I just got bit in the ass by this. I had my firefox open with all my open tabs as per usual. I notice that one of the tabs that I expect to exist is not there, so I went into my history and...
I just got bit in the ass by this.
I had my firefox open with all my open tabs as per usual. I notice that one of the tabs that I expect to exist is not there, so I went into my history and noticed for some reason, it covers only 2 days of history.
ducking told me to open firefox in troubleshoot mode to see if that would get me more of my history back. It did not but what it wound up doing is losing the session that had my open tabs. I closed firefox and re-opened it, all my open tabs gone. I power down my machine and started it back up, same story.
long story short, I am now following the recommendations on here to create regular backups of my firefox session cause apparently that is something that can be lost.
Btw the fact that is not a default feature of firefox to create multiple backups of your open session and deletes backups if you close and re-open is the dumbest logic imo
20 votes -
Mozilla sees surge in Firefox users thanks to EU’s Digital Markets Act
68 votes -
Everything is Chrome
45 votes -
Firefox's new Terms of Use grants Mozilla complete data "processing" rights of all user interactions
58 votes -
Firefox 135.0 supports translating Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean webpages locally
40 votes -
App/browser extension idea if it doesn't already exist: likely bot database
I just finished reading I hate the new internet post, in which the OP stated: Every social medium is just bots. The front page of Reddit is easily 35% easily detectable bots at least and who knows...
I just finished reading I hate the new internet post, in which the OP stated:
Every social medium is just bots. The front page of Reddit is easily 35% easily detectable bots at least and who knows what the rest is comprised of.
Why couldn't we create a bot database, which I imagine would work similarly to uBlock for ads? There would be a number of signals to attempt to classify users of social media sites (likely human, likely bot, etc.) in addition to user-provided feedback ("I think this person is a bot" or "this account is me -- definitely not a bot").
An extension could then be attached to the database to provide visual changes to social media platforms ("WARNING! LIKELY BOT!") or simply hide bot posts/comments.
Off the top of my head, some bot signals:
- Posting known duplicate posts with political motivation (e.g. on Reddit you see the same exact post about how the tariffs will create a stronger America by different posters) [strong indicator]
- Usernames that follow the lazy bot format, e.g., Pretentious_Rabbit_2355 [weak indicator]
- Usage of AI-generated or ripped off profile pictures, post images, etc. [strong indicator]
- etc.
On the crowdsourced side, there would have to be some rules in place to prevent profile bombing, etc.
All in all, I could see something like this adding a bit of human value back to the various social media platforms AND I would think it would lead to higher advertisement click rates (bots will become less valuable over time on a given platform and decide to invest their resources elsewhere, while "human" user engagement increases at the same time).
If this concept already exists, I apologize. I only did a very quick google.
15 votes -
Dillo 3.2 celebrates the browser's 25th anniversary
10 votes -
Announcing Supporters of Chromium-based browsers
22 votes -
Tom Merritt's opinion on if Mozilla should join Chromium
10 votes -
United States Department of Justice will push Google to sell Chrome to break search monopoly
79 votes -
The Browser Company announces Arc Browser will no longer be their flagship product
31 votes -
Vivaldi 7.0 has been released
24 votes -
uBlock Origin Lite maker ends Firefox store support, slams Mozilla for hostile reviews
44 votes -
While web browsers warm to AI services, holdouts remain including Vivaldi
21 votes