IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, November 11, 2021

-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.apple.com | Apple introduces Apple Business Essentials - Apple

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lol

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Essentials

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DaemonFC: Essentials like AirPods

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dozens of them

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Nov 11 00:23

MinceR

it would be essential to avoid apple products in business

Nov 11 00:25

schestowitz

yes

Nov 11 00:27

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it's like a religion now

Nov 11 00:27

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everything air, i, and pod

Nov 11 00:27

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they even tried to market a server

Nov 11 00:28

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didn't last long

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> It was a spoof, not meant to be taken seriously. . Note the automatic rifle on the woman’s hip. That means the wife is in control and cheating or divorce action by the husband is unlikely to happen.

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:-)

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Yes, I know.

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But still... I just wanted to clarify that divorce rates there are high.

https://twitter.com/glynmoody/status/1458805033923919878

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@glynmoody: this looks like a prediction from #COP26 https://t.co/HSBS26LvSz

-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz: "It's still a little while away for release on February 17, with Linux as close as possible to that from Feral Inte… https://t.co/LrvGENcsqH

https://twitter.com/BrideOfLinux/status/1458803520304525321

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@BrideOfLinux: @schestowitz @FOSSForce Thanks, Roy!

https://twitter.com/melitazajc/status/1458729073442791424

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@melitazajc: Good. https://t.co/R7IklVerjC

-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz: ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ #Apple Faces Yet More 'Right To Repair' Backlash Over iPhone 13 Screen https://t.co/IR7McU1WqH

https://twitter.com/iridesce57/status/1458642488965615627

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@iridesce57: #MonopolyBill https://t.co/GowbGKKowy

-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz: "because #BillGates is not an elected representative or public official, the details of his far-reaching influence—… https://t.co/Mjj40rbBVv

https://nitter.ey/brettglass/status/1458638957219045378

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Could not resolve host: nitter.ey; Unknown error ( status 0 @ https://nitter.ey/brettglass/status/1458638957219045378 )

https://nitter.eu/brettglass/status/1458638957219045378

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-nitter.eu | Brett Glass - WY7BG (@brettglass): "Sohn is a Google lobbyist and consistently pushed regulations that benefited Google at the expense of consumers. For example, she wanted Google to be able to take over your cable box, spying on your viewing and replacing commercials with its own ads." | nitter

https://twitter.com/brianfagioli/status/1458638403688407046

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@brianfagioli: @BrideOfLinux @schestowitz Eh, I’m just ok. But I appreciate the nice words!

https://nitter.eu/GyroGen_TM/status/1458634129260662786

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-nitter.eu | GyroWaveGen(TM) (@GyroGen_TM): "Needs to go to $20K 1st prize + $10K 2nd prize & $5000 3rd prize! Cheapskates! How much do the attorneys make - win or lose? How much do expert witnesses cost?" | nitter

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https://nittrer.eu/BrideOfLinux/status/1458608405141241862

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Could not resolve host: nittrer.eu; Unknown error ( status 0 @ https://nittrer.eu/BrideOfLinux/status/1458608405141241862 )

https://nitter.eu/BrideOfLinux/status/1458608405141241862

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Nov 11 20:48

-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-nitter.eu | Christine Hall (@BrideOfLinux): "Fagioli is a good writer, but he'd be much better if he lost his penchant for clickbait, sensational leds, and painting with too broad of a brush." | nitter

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schestowitz

DaemonFC:

Nov 11 20:52

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I am reading your post

Nov 11 20:52

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did you see the latest from Moz?

Nov 11 20:52

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Two posts about Firefox privacy

Nov 11 20:53

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I think to distract from the issues

Nov 11 20:53

DaemonFC

Probably.

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I am so utterly disgusted by all of this.

schestowitz

on the third paragraph you have link issues

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2 links are not visible

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I think you found out rather later what Mozilla had been up to

DaemonFC

It's like Shock and Awe invasion by assholes who don't care it's falling apart, packing it with spyware, sabotaging it so it can't run on Debian, and cover up for Microsoft sites that deliberately send it corrupt data.

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a couple of years ago it got really ba

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*bad

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and now they spam "Edge" by Microsoft

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to your phone

DaemonFC

I'm not having any link problems.

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they want to kill off everything

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Most of it is referencing earlier posts and Bugzilla.

schestowitz

the web is messy

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two matrix links

Nov 11 20:56

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at the start and end of para

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DaemonFC

I'm hovering over everything, and it looks correct to me.

schestowitz

oh wait

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I see what happened here

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you copied from IRC

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and it added matrix links

Nov 11 20:58

DaemonFC

Firefox is a disaster.

Nov 11 20:58

DaemonFC

Microsoft was openly trolling them and they still had nothing to say about it.

Nov 11 20:58

DaemonFC

Microsoft commented specifically that Gecko was pointless and that Mozilla should switch to Blink like everyone else.

Nov 11 20:59

DaemonFC

Then they said that Mozilla's browser division itself was pointless and that they should just become a research institute so that Microsoft could pick over whatever they put out, like Rust, since Microsoft isn't smart enough to develop anything like it themselves. C# had so many problems that compiling an application for 32-bit Windows could create raw pointer problems if you ran it on 64-bit Windows.

Nov 11 21:00

DaemonFC

Java doesn't have raw pointers, so they basically took one of the few good things about Java and managed to get that wrong.

Nov 11 21:00

schestowitz

I found only a bogus typo

Nov 11 21:05

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internet -> Internet

Nov 11 21:05

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DaemonFC: yes, Mozilla also destroys Thunderbird

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it still works as a mail client

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but not much beyond that

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they killed off pretty much every extension

DaemonFC

Mozilla itself has become unbearably toxic.

DaemonFC

At least when I report bugs to Webkit and GNOME Web they say "Thank you for the bug report." and if it's not good enough they say "Can you please type this in and see what it says?".

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Not "Hi Ryan, you're being unhelpful for pointing out that Firefox couldn't run Facebook due to a UA issue we couldn't be bothered to fix for three years while it recommended our competitor, so we're going to silence you. -Love, Mozilla".

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so the software only got worse over time

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they also censored me, IIRC, in Hacker News

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when I did popular articles about problems at Mozilla

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I guess that makes me racist and "troll"

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there's a whole cult based around this delusion

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"only trolls dislike us""

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"block and report"

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"let's cancel them, they will get away''

DaemonFC

Well, we see what that's getting them.

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50 million fewer users than 3 years ago.

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Microsoft matters more to Mozilla than Free Software

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3 years or 1?

DaemonFC

3....According to this...https://news.itsfoss.com/firefox-decline/

-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-news.itsfoss.com | Firefox Lost Almost 50 million Users: Here's Why It is Concerning - It's FOSS News

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DaemonFC

244 million daily Firefox users end of 2018.

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198 million end of Q2 2021.

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They're going away.

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Ignoring things like the top 10 sites not working because they can't do a simple UA hack is not helping.

Nov 11 21:11

DaemonFC

Even though it is Facebook, people will leave Firefox when something they want to do doesn't work.

Nov 11 21:11

DaemonFC

So it is an issue that needs addressed, else users leave and go use Chrome and then use Facebook anyway, and now we have two problems.

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<li><h5><a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/firefoxs-private-browsing-mode-upleveled-for-you/">Firefox’s Private Browsing mode upleveled for you</a></h5>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 404 @ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/firefoxs-private-browsing-mode-upleveled-for-you/">Firefox’s )

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There are plenty of reasons why you might want to keep something you are doing on the web to yourself. You might be looking for a ring for your soon-to-be fiance, looking up what those mysterious skin rashes could be, or reading a salacious celebrity gossip blog. That’s where Private Browsing mode comes in handy. This year, we upleveled and added new advanced features to our Private Browsing mode. Before we share more about these new features we

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wanted to share some of the misconceptions about Private Browsing.

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One of the top common myths about Private Browsing (in any major web browser) is that it makes you anonymous on the Internet. The Private Browsing mode on Chrome, Safari, Edge and Firefox are primarily designed to keep your activity private from other users on the same computer, but websites and Internet service providers can still gather information about your visit, even if you are not signed in. To learn more about other Common Myths, visit our

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site. You should know though, that Firefox offers something that other browsers don’t, which is advanced privacy protections. Read on to learn more about our unique tracking protections.

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</p></blockquote></li>

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<li><h5><a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2021/11/11/mozilla-submits-comments-to-the-california-privacy-protection-agency/">Mozilla submits comments to the California Privacy Protection Agency - Open Policy & Advocacy</a></h5>

-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-blog.mozilla.org | Mozilla Advocacy - 2015 Plan - Open Policy & Advocacy

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<blockquote><p>This week, Mozilla submitted comments in response to the California Privacy Protection Agency’s Invitation for Preliminary Comments on Proposed Rulemaking Under the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA).

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Mozilla has long been a supporter of data privacy laws that empower people, including the trailblazing California privacy laws, California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). We welcome the opportunity to offer feedback as California considers how to best evolve its privacy protections, and we support the progress made thus far, particularly as federal efforts languish — but there’s more to do.

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</p></blockquote></li>

DaemonFC

You mean the one that passed after Mozilla and Facebook and Comcast lobbied to water it down?

schestowitz

yes

Nov 11 21:14

DaemonFC

There were serious teeth in the CCPA, but now it's something that Microsoft Windows can "comply" with easily, and they just assume everyone is in California and it doesn't interfere with them at all, one bit.

Nov 11 21:14

DaemonFC

schestowitz, Big Business is trying to gut the Illinois BIPA too.

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re mozilla and FB

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mind you,

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they hired several MANAGERS from B

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which I think matters

DaemonFC

Facebook losing lawsuits over BIPA over and over again is what compelled them to just delete all facial recognition data and be done with it.

schestowitz

it might help explain why FF is adjusted for the FB business mindset

Nov 11 21:16

DaemonFC

They did not just announce this because they want to stop doing something bad.

Nov 11 21:16

DaemonFC

They'll continue lobbying to weaken it and then when it doesn't help anyone anymore, they go back to collecting the data.

Nov 11 21:16

DaemonFC

You never really win on something like this in a way where you can move on.

Nov 11 21:17

DaemonFC

schestowitz, There are matrix links in your repost.

Nov 11 21:19

DaemonFC

That needs fixed.

Nov 11 21:19

schestowitz

DaemonFC: https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/microsoft-edge-protocol-competition.html#src=feed

Nov 11 21:20

-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.ctrl.blog | Windows 11 blocks Edge browser competitors from opening links

Nov 11 21:20

schestowitz

just in

Nov 11 21:20

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DaemonFC: those links are in yours too

Nov 11 21:21

DaemonFC

schestowitz, I think it's Daniel Alexsanderson that maintains Edge Deflector.

Nov 11 21:21

DaemonFC

"Oh good, the Vista SP 11 store. Hooray!

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The OS that can’t get a file manager with 8 buttons to work right!"

DaemonFC

I'm seeing them as normal text, no link.

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In private browsing mode too.

schestowitz

you have invisible links there

Nov 11 21:26

schestowitz

in Wordpress.com, go to the mode with page source

Nov 11 21:26

schestowitz

I will remove these links now

Nov 11 21:26

schestowitz

not sure what you make of https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/firefoxs-private-browsing-mode-upleveled-for-you/

Nov 11 21:28

-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-blog.mozilla.org | Firefox’s Private Browsing mode upleveled for you

Nov 11 21:28

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but I think I cannot figure out how to LEVERAGE an EFFECTIVE rebuttal to how it's just POSING

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they keep managing "privacy"

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that confuses people, at best...

DaemonFC

Microsoft Edge as the default web browser for Windows (which naturally has a huge marketshare)

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Windows is huge, but people are fleeing it.

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Trump: I'm the LEAST racist person in the world..

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yeah

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The stopper has been removed and the bathtub is draining.

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Vista 11 is failing

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I did some posts about this lately

DaemonFC

Panicked knee jerk reactions to the Chromebook 10 years too late isn't going to help.

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they spam the video now

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with GOOGLEBOMBING of "Linux"

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Windows Ass

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because "LINUX" somethinhg

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(WSL they mean)

DaemonFC

It's like someone at Microsoft hits the snooze button for 10 years and then realizes that a competitor has already won and it's over, so here's a rival Microsoft product that gets to 1.5% then fizzles.

DaemonFC

Some guy at Auto Zone told me he liked Windows Phone better than Android.