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On Wed, 19 Jun 2024 08:23:23 -0400, Newyana2 <[email protected]>
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>On 6/18/2024 6:44 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>> Anyone ever use the DuckDuckGo browser they're advertising on their
>> site?
>>
>
> As others have said, most browsers misbehave, but you
>don't have to let them take over. The DDG browser seems like
>a good idea, but it's built on Chrome, which is monstrously
>bloated, poorly designed, and packed with Google spyware.
>Have DDG removed all the spyware? Maybe. Then the DDG browser
>was caught sharing data with MS because they use Bing for
>search.
>
> I think DDG has just tried to do too much without good
>planning. There are really only 2 browsers today: The
>versions of Chromium and the versions of Firefox. People
>make little modifications and claim tto have re-invented
>the wheel. I think you're better off just using Firefox,
>going through the various settings, and installing extensions
>like NoScript.
>
> I have UnGoogled Chrome on a data partition. I keep it around
>for testing webpages and emergencies where FF won't work.
>But it's almost 300 MB and I don't really want to use it, so I just
>keep the portable version stored away.
Personally, I'll stick with FFx - and wish Netscape still worked. So
dang simple, and that's what simpletons such as I need.
Damn lucky I don't have to be a software tekkie to drive a car - yet,
that is. But from what I'm hearing from some of my acquaintances who
have bought new cars, those days may be over. Either that, or they're
trying to scare the hell outta me.
Is all this new shite truly Progress?