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Firefox to regularly nag users to change their default browser

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Re: Firefox to regularly nag users to change their default browser

#91
post #63

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Ok but then what do you use? Lynx? Chrome/Chromium/Brave have 10 times the amount of dark patterns. It's sad but the complexity and cruft of browser APIs have created an effective browser duopoly. There are no alternatives for any kind of mainstream usage.

What are the dark patterns in Brave?

Yes I've not encountered any yet.

Re: Firefox to regularly nag users to change their default browser

#92
post #79

5 weeks is 35 days .. I don't think that I would even remember spending 3 seconds to dismiss a bar every 5 weeks. But it would definitely help someone less tech-savvy who doesn't know how to set their default browser.

This is after you've already unchecked "Always check if Firefox is your default browser". People uncheck that because they don't want to be nagged. This is just Mozilla not respecting user choices.

To be honest, I uncheck that option because if you don’t it pops up every time you open Firefox (and it is a modal). I’m not actually hostile to a nag that only occurs once every few weeks, especially one that is not modal. I don’t think we should burn Mozilla at the stake for this, it seems like such a small thing. This nag might result in a higher adoption over Chrome. Hey, I support that!

Re: Firefox to regularly nag users to change their default browser

#93

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What are the dark patterns in Brave?

Yes I've not encountered any yet.

Report them via github, or if you think intentionally dark, via https://hackerone.com/brave and we will pay bounty.

Re: Firefox to regularly nag users to change their default browser

#94
post #71

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Which is a shame because the technical is entirely subordinate to and for the sake of the non-technical ultimately.

Kick the technical and keep the bureaucrats. What could go wrong?

Were you around in 2014?

Re: Firefox to regularly nag users to change their default browser

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Yes I've not encountered any yet.

Report them via github, or if you think intentionally dark, via https://hackerone.com/brave and we will pay bounty.

And this is why I use Brave. The people at the top are techies - who understand and respond to their users.

Mozilla could learn from this.

Thanks Brendan.

Re: Firefox to regularly nag users to change their default browser

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Why did you include the Mozilla Foundation as an awful decision?

Which link are you referring to?

Sorry for the late reply, but it was https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23391659

The main comments were people complaining about the foundation but I see you may have been pointing out the pocket recommendations.

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