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Decentraleyes – Local CDN Emulation

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Re: Decentraleyes – Local CDN Emulation

#12
> To learn more, or to download and install the free browser extension:

Edit: After re-reading this multiple times, I don't think this wording is helpful. There should be a transparent description of what this extension offers before users navigate to download and install options.

Re: Decentraleyes – Local CDN Emulation

#15

> To learn more, or to download and install the free browser extension: Edit: After re-reading this multiple times, I don't think this wording is helpful. There should be a transparent description of what this extension offers before users navigate to download and install options.

You likely misread the sentence. It doesn't say "To learn more, download and install the free browser extension:" - it says, "To learn more, or to download and install the free browser extension:" and then provides you with links to the stores that contain the description for the extension:

> Websites have increasingly begun to rely much more on large third-parties for content delivery. Canceling requests for ads or trackers is usually without issue, however blocking actual content, not unexpectedly, breaks pages. The aim of this add-on is to cut out the middleman by providing lightning speed delivery of local (bundled) files to improve online privacy.

I agree that it's a very weird frontpage and means of describing an extension, but you don't need to run their code before reading what the extension does.

Re: Decentraleyes – Local CDN Emulation

#16

> To learn more, or to download and install the free browser extension: Edit: After re-reading this multiple times, I don't think this wording is helpful. There should be a transparent description of what this extension offers before users navigate to download and install options.

Yeah, a little oddly worded. It's basically saying visit the Firefox/Chrome store to either download OR find out more about the add-on. I'm not sure why the website I'm on can't tell me more about it.. But I agree with the other poster in that you parsed the sentence incorrectly.

Re: Decentraleyes – Local CDN Emulation

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post #16

> To learn more, or to download and install the free browser extension: Edit: After re-reading this multiple times, I don't think this wording is helpful. There should be a transparent description of what this extension offers before users navigate to download and install options.

Yeah, a little oddly worded. It's basically saying visit the Firefox/Chrome store to either download OR find out more about the add-on. I'm not sure why the website I'm on can't tell me more about it.. But I agree with the other poster in that you parsed the sentence incorrectly.

Agreed, I updated my post.

Re: Decentraleyes – Local CDN Emulation

#18

> To learn more, or to download and install the free browser extension: Edit: After re-reading this multiple times, I don't think this wording is helpful. There should be a transparent description of what this extension offers before users navigate to download and install options.

You likely misread the sentence. It doesn't say "To learn more, download and install the free browser extension:" - it says, "To learn more, or to download and install the free browser extension:" and then provides you with links to the stores that contain the description for the extension: > Websites have increasingly begun to rely much more on large third-parties for content delivery. Canceling requests for ads or…

Thanks for clarifying for me. Updated my post.

Re: Decentraleyes – Local CDN Emulation

#19
The whole maintainers and forks thingy between Decentraleyes and LocalCDN seems so strange to me that I'm left with more suspicious about which should I use, if I ever should use any given their both behavior regarding the forks. I don't feel "safe" to use something so critical privacy-wise in that situation.

EDIT: refs

https://codeberg.org/nobody/LocalCDN/issues/51

https://gitlab.com/nobody42/localcdn/-/issues/5

https://git.synz.io/Synzvato/decentraleyes/-/issues/400

Re: Decentraleyes – Local CDN Emulation

#20

The whole maintainers and forks thingy between Decentraleyes and LocalCDN seems so strange to me that I'm left with more suspicious about which should I use, if I ever should use any given their both behavior regarding the forks. I don't feel "safe" to use something so critical privacy-wise in that situation. EDIT: refs https://codeberg.org/nobody/LocalCDN/issues/51 https://gitlab.com/nobody42/localcdn/-/issues/5 htt…

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