This is what we call an open-source platform today.

A LICENSE file is not what makes free software. These are just trials and deploybaits.

It's been a long, slow slide, so it's not always obvious how much #Mozilla has abandoned the primacy of the #user's wants over the companies #spying on and #advertising to us.

But I'm pretty sure we passed a #knee in the curve not long ago. How do I know?

Because now, every time I get a "a new version of #Firefox is available, click to #update" dialog, I shudder in dread, and after applying the update I go through the entire preferences/settings to double-check that they haven't added any more user-hostile #antifeatures garbage (cryptocurrency, blockchain, "#privacy-preserving ad #surveillance", "AI", on and on the garbage they've tried cramming into Firefox).

Users shouldn't dread simple #software updates. At least not open-source users.

But here we are.

#OpenSource #AdWare

edit: corrected typo

Hey @fdroidorg, how about we replace the "Non-Free Network Services" flag with two more specific Anti-Feature flags; "Non-Changeable Network Services" and "Proprietary Network Services";

https://forum.f-droid.org/t/propsosal-split-non-free-network-services-into-separate-flags-for-changeability-and-code-license/

How long until someone is arrested based on planted "Recall" screenshots / "evidence"?

Lots of code out there already to _read_ Recall databases etc, is there any to _write_ to it yet?

The features of AI Explorer sound impressively powerful. Specifically, it’s expected to largely run as a background app, capturing data on everything you do with your PC. It will then allow you to recall and interact with all this data in a natural language manner.

For instance, it might read your emails, your browsing history and your WhatsApp messages then you can use the app to ask for a summation of the emails you received today or what the name of the website you were browsing earlier was.

I have compiled a set of filters for #uBlockOrigin for anyone that uses #Bing to hide the annoying "AI"-related antifeatures. Please note the "AI"-generated "stories" can't be fully hidden as they'll cause the page to not fully load and #Firefox to partially lock up. This filter list is copyright-free as it's not a creative work. You can use this on Firefox for #Android if you didn't know it had real adblock.

https://codeberg.org/DrewNaylor/MyGists/src/branch/main/ublock-origin-filters/bing-annoyance-anti-ai-filter.txt

#AntiFeatures not shown repository / app version specific #FDroid #FDroidIssue #FDroidAntiFeatures
https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/issues/2715

HOT PRIVACY TIP for #TorBrowser.

Tired of accidentally #searching from the URL bar.

Enter the 'about:config' page and change 'keyword.enabled' to 'false'.

We are supposed to believe that someone at #Mozilla thought, '#keyword' was an adequate description of the "feature".

How many instances are preparing to block m'don.social and m'don.online over the #antiFeatures, spam and centralisation?

We came across an fellow #I2Peer recently who says they will be blocking them and our sense is they are not the only ones. It's disappointing that a need to block has emerged, but we completely understand and maybe it'll result in a return to a more useable #fediverse for the blockers.