The China-centric video sharing platform is expanding with a new international app and an English version of its website – with no identity verification (for now at least)

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    15 days ago

    Honestly not sure why more people don’t use Firefox. It’s brilliant, especially with uBlock and Sponsorblock added.

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      11 days ago

      2 reasons imo.

      1. Chrome inertia. Everyone who’s locked into it from the days it was legitimately faster.
      2. Every time it gets mentioned, its supporters like to “no true Scotsman” the original project and suggest their preferred fork instead.
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        14 days ago

        No true Scotsman is one of the biggest reasons open source anything struggles to catch on. Normal users never have any fucking idea what to do and everyone always just screeches forks of forks of forks and then the normal users just get paralyzed. Lol

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      15 days ago

      I think being the only browser with a credible stance on ad blockers will help them in the long run.

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        14 days ago

        There might not be a long run if google can dictate web development enough in the short term to essentially kill off all competition.

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      15 days ago

      I use it and I install it on every family and work PC I can but the memory of the bloated Firefox that made so many originally switch to chrome is still there. I want apple to base their browser on Firefox to maybe get some traction back

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      14 days ago

      Most people on their phones use the default browser, either Chrome or whatever Chromium-based the manufacturer includes. But otherwise it’s the browser included with the Facebook app, as some are literally locked into the Facebook-and-Youtube walled garden.

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      14 days ago

      Im gonna be honest, im glad a lot of people don’t use ad blockers, or they would come down a lot harder on ad blocking. As it is google is trying their hardest to push their authentication nonsense everywhere to lock us all in to whatever software THEY decide we are authorised to use