Mozilla Firefox is Boiling the Frog (Just Like All the 'Chrome Clones'), Time for Gemini Protocol!
Mozilla outsources everything to PentaGAFAM (with front groups of theirs, like the Linux Foundation, subsidising this outsourcing)
AT risk of sounding way too repetitive, the need for Gemini increases over time. The World Wide Web just isn't what it used to be and it's only getting worse over time.
That's not to say that encryption and privacy are a problem, but they need to be done right and in today's Web very few Web browsers are tolerable and both of them (yes, "both", as in 2) don't respect privacy. What's more, they intentionally panic or obstruct users who simply want to visit a site without asking for permission from a Certificate Authority (CA) - they'll become more authoritarian about this over time!
Gemini is not against encryption. It is all about encryption because it demands encryption and is basically like Gopher with better syntax and encryption mandated. But Gemini, whose capsules use modern encryption (TLS 1.3 at 97% of capsules known to Lupa) does not shout at people for not outsourcing trust and, over time, Gemini liberates itself further from those who do. "Certificate Authority Let's Encrypt" is now down to 2.3% (has been there for over 24 hours, we checked about a dozen times since then). That's very low in Geminispace and 9 capsules lower than 2 days ago.
Just to be very clear, the Web is not some static problem or a known issue. All the time it gets worse and it'll continue getting worse.
The new (recently-released) version of Firefox is conflating outsourcing with "security". We've seen this in numerous articles so far. Here's one example:
What it generally means is, even when you want to access an HTTP site Firefox will insist on first trying HTTPS. In our old site, this would result in many warning messages (as the site did support HTTPS, did not default to it, and did not outsource trust). Each time a new version of Firefox comes out it gets worse in this respect. They are boiling the frog until it's "hot enough" for everyone to surrender and comply. The way they develop and release their browser dictates the way the Web (at large) will work.
Firefox still feels like it's developed by GAFAM, isn't meant to replace GAFAM, and ultimately wants to sell its users. Maybe it feels like like that simply because that's what it is. █
