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I have no need for a PiHole currently, but I will likely set one up if that happens.
PiHole is nearly useless these days. It doesn’t block the majority of the ads and DNS blacklisting on its own breaks websites. The only way to do ad-blocking these days is with DOM manipulation.
Safari as of MacOS 26 is buggy as hell, and I don't care for its new UI at all.
Firefox seems to be going in a direction I don't want to follow.
Chrome is openly user hostile.
All of the various forks have problems - they just seem like ways to extract money from you (e.g. they just send the data to MSFT instead of GOOG, they push you to some crypto thing), or they have serious limitations (e.x. no access to extension marketplace without hacks, abondware, slow to get security updates)...
I'm honestly at a loss for an option I want to use.
I have no idea what to do for a browser now. Safari as of MacOS 26 is buggy as hell, and I don't care for its new UI at all. Firefox seems to be going in a direction I don't want to follow. Chrome is openly user hostile. All of the various forks have problems - they just seem like ways to extract money from you (e.g. they just send the data to MSFT instead of GOOG, they push you to some crypto thing), or they have se…
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You might want to check his political views first… they might not align with yours…
Or don't, it's a browser, not a political party
I’ve heard enough from multiple sources about Ladybird’s creator to know that I don’t wish to support him and it’s not a recent view
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Or don't, it's a browser, not a political party
Our actions are political… and the choices we make show support for others choices too I’ve heard enough from multiple sources about Ladybird’s creator to know that I don’t wish to support him and it’s not a recent view
You can believe in a kind of political "butterfly effect" where every little action you take has a meaningful effect on the world, but I don't think it's useful.
Downloading a browser may well put a thousandth of a smile on the face of someone you think is a bad dude, but if you give a shit about bad things happening in the world this is miles away from a good use of your time and energy.
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Our actions are political… and the choices we make show support for others choices too I’ve heard enough from multiple sources about Ladybird’s creator to know that I don’t wish to support him and it’s not a recent view
I respectfully disagree. You can believe in a kind of political "butterfly effect" where every little action you take has a meaningful effect on the world, but I don't think it's useful. Downloading a browser may well put a thousandth of a smile on the face of someone you think is a bad dude, but if you give a shit about bad things happening in the world this is miles away from a good use of your time and energy.
My views on Ladybird’s creator stem from his behaviour long before he started creating a browser or an OS
Choosing not to use it doesn’t cost me any time or energy!
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PiHole is nearly useless these days. It doesn’t block the majority of the ads and DNS blacklisting on its own breaks websites. The only way to do ad-blocking these days is with DOM manipulation.
This is not my experience at all. pihole blocks a massive amount of ads in my home. It is extremely rare that any website ever breaks.