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> Because I do not condone that move. Thank you for your answer. Could you elaborate on it? Is it a software freedom question to you? Or perhaps a free speech one?
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I never thought I'd type this in my lifetime.
Let me repeat Firefox vision: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/VisionStatement#Product_vis... > Discover, experience and connect with apps, websites and people on your own terms, everywhere. Why do you not give people choice on their own terms, everywhere?
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-privacy...
"we develop products and advocate for best practices that put users in control of their data and online experiences."
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/celebrating-cho...
"We put people in control of their online experience"
The page description for the Firefox main page used to say "Firefox is created by a global non-profit dedicated to putting individuals in control online", and before that, instead of "individuals" it said "users". I've quipped before that the change was because they really meant "people working at Mozilla" by "individuals". Now it's something vague about "respecting your privacy" (just like what Facebook and Google claim to do too...)
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Sadly, search quality for “the rest of the world” has been neglected for years, and it's a miracle yandex.com still works. Mail is one of the services that is kept up to date, with translations and stuff, and it's nice. As for the global issues, a) Iron curtain for the Internet (i. e. absolutely everything not working properly) would be a sure way to get every commoner, currently soothed with entertainment, on the st…
Aren't Facebook, Instagram and TikTok already banned or crippled in Russia? That pretty much is the "internet" for most people.
For example, Facebook popularity in Russia is maybe 1/10th of Instagram popularity in Russia, and Vkontakte is used 5× more that that.
How can any Firefox user feel safe that they won't be on the wrong side of the next current thing?
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So, by your moral standard, the entire Earth should have isolated the US economy when the US government/military was killing Iraqi and Afghani civilians and destroying non-military targets, right? The entire planet should also be isolating Saudi Arabia for its genocidal war in Yemen? These things are done without the consent of the governed, and these things are often done without even the knowledge of the general pu…
Please point me to where the Us made it their policy to terror bomb civilians.
Cancel culture comes to browsers. I never thought I'd type this in my lifetime.
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I've found niche uses for Yandex; translation specifically, which can do OCR on images you upload to it. Google translate won't do that, last I checked. If anybody knows of an alternative, I'd like to hear about it.
Google translate's mobile app supports it along with realtime translation from your phone's camera.
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So, by your moral standard, the entire Earth should have isolated the US economy when the US government/military was killing Iraqi and Afghani civilians and destroying non-military targets, right? The entire planet should also be isolating Saudi Arabia for its genocidal war in Yemen? These things are done without the consent of the governed, and these things are often done without even the knowledge of the general pu…
> when the US government/military was killing Iraqi and Afghani civilians and destroying non-military targets The US should not have invaded Iraq for any reason. I would have supported sanctions against the US for those crimes if any country could afford them. That said, Saddam Hussein's government is not Zelenskyy's government. They're apples and oranges. Ukraine was a functioning democracy that never antagonized Ru…
In no way, shape or form should my following comment be construed as support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and just in case let me clearly state I think the invasion is not right and that I think it will be Putin's downfall, and deservedly so.
That said, that Ukraine was a "functioning democracy" and that it never antagonized Russia are very debatable assertions, to say the least.
Let me repeat Firefox vision: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/VisionStatement#Product_vis... > Discover, experience and connect with apps, websites and people on your own terms, everywhere. Why do you not give people choice on their own terms, everywhere?
Mozilla has been absolutely full of corporate doublespeak for a long time. https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-privacy... "we develop products and advocate for best practices that put users in control of their data and online experiences." https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/celebrating-cho... "We put people in control of their online experience" The page description for the Firefox main pag…