This ^^^^. For those who want increased data privacy and ad blocking with extensions, Firefox continues to provide proper support for manifest V2 (MV2).
Yeah, my only hope is that it stays that way. Unfortunately, the web has become so complex that browsers continually have to be updated for security reasons, and hence we are at the mercy of Mozilla not to weaken at the behest of Google.
I've been using Privacy Pass to help cut down on those annoying CAPTCHAs while on VPN but I noticed something odd with the recent update that I wanted to get your thoughts on.
Pros:
- Helps reduce CAPTCHAs on some sites
- Open-source and maintained by Cloudflare
Cons:
- Recently started opening new tabs without my permission
- Asks for "attester" verification in a kind of intrusive way
- Interrupts browsing unexpectedly
So, here's the deal: the extension now opens a new tab without any warning, asking you to verify an "attester." I get that this might be for transparency, but it feels pretty disruptive and unexpected.
Has anyone else noticed this? How are you feeling about it? This new behavior seems a bit off, especially for an add-on that's supposed to make browsing smoother. It also seems to clash with Firefox's policies on unexpected actions and user experience but this is unconfirmed.
I've already reported this to Mozilla, hoping they'll take a look. In the meantime, I wanted to give everyone a heads-up. If you value a smooth browsing experience without unexpected interruptions, you might want to hold off.
What do you all think? How can Cloudflare developers balance transparency with keeping things user-friendly? Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
I'm using both. My PC runs on Windows (9900XE 18 cores/ 36 threads /w nvidia RTX A6000) and Macbook Pro M1 Max. Both are 64GB ram. Windows crashes too much and needs constant updates (and will update in the middle of the night which messes up everything) while my Macbook rarely needs a restart and it will ask you rather than automatically update.
For me, it comes down to the OS and I'm running docker on both. WSL2 runs fine but again... constant updates and restarts. It just too much hassle.
Of course, if you go Ubuntu or *nix, sure you can have stability / less restarts on PC. But the developer experience on my Macbook will always be a better experience. Its just less hassle and less frustration/anxiety. I'm on my third Macbook (my first was in since 2006) and so far none of them have had hardware issues other than battery (easily replaceable).
This actually quite strange- I run 2 laptops with Windows Insider (beta releases) and I reboot once 2-3 weeks because of updates. From time to time, they may have updates spree, like near release dates, but it's couple times per year I think.
Cannot say I'm bothered by updates at all. On stable builds it should happen even less often.
Because it's actually 99% content? It's a slightly jarring look when you're used to "I know you're trying to read this, but here's 10 more articles that look better on our engagement rates than simply scrolling".
It's a major newspaper in Spain. First or second in the country depending on whether you're counting by online or print readership. It doesn't exist just for one article.
(Although with a little clicking around, it does appear most articles have a sidebar, and this one doesn't. No idea there.)
Yes, I've experienced everything you've mentioned since the beta days of Ingress.
On a more positive note... after finally hiring data scientists and mobile device hackers, Niantic have been progressively banning Ingress accounts suspected of scraping and/or automating the gathering of resources and recharging of portals. The impact in my area, southern California, changed longstanding faction dominated territories into fragmented pockets that either faction can now control. Suspected "automated" supply chains are now broken and rule changes to Quantum capsules resulted in the slowing down of attacks and lowered volume/frequency of those beneficiaries.
How much of that fragmentation simply come from legit players stop playing Ingress? Over here the community notably shrank and people don't defend their home base anymore as strong (even in legit ways)
