Firefox

17574 readers

73 users here now

A place to discuss the news and latest developments on the open-source browser Firefox

founded 4 years ago

MODERATORS

k_o_t@lemmy.ml

275

Firefox has a lot of issues, but maybe we don't have any other option. (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 1 month ago by astro_ray@lemdro.id to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

158 comments fedilink hide all child comments

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/20260243

Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled

Google Chrome is now encouraging uBlock Origin users who have updated to the latest version to switch to other ad blockers before Manifest v2 extensions are disabled.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Kinda weird that you focus on the financial side on this site of all places. I thought Lemmy didn't care too much about that.

But regardless. I don't care about the financial side. There are several competing open source browsers and any of them can take the helm.

[–] ahal@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

As soon as there's another spectre level security incident that requires a massive rewrite of the engine, any rendering engine developers with sub 100M budgets are sunk. Frankly 100M is probably being optimistic.

[–] laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Eh. Like I said... financial shit I don't care about.

Spectre wasn't even Firefox's fault. It was a CPU vulnerability.

In the end, if an open source browser cannot step up, some other will and take its place. I'm okay with that.

[–] ahal@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You may not care about financial shit, but that doesn't change the reality of the situation. My point is precisely that the financial costs are so prohibitive, that the most likely scenario is that no one will be capable of stepping up long term.

[–] laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I don't know, man. Look at where big projects are at right now. Blender, Gimp, Linux, Inkscape, KDNLive...

It can happen.

But anyway. The day I can't use a secure, open-source web browser is the day I'll stop web browsing. Just like when I decided to never buy commercial music, go to the movies or buy a Smart TV.

load more comments (3 replies)