alt Hacker NewsThis is like when people defend Windows 11's nonsense by saying "you can disable or remove that stuff". Yes, you can. But you shouldn't have to, and I personally prefer to use tools which don't shove useless things into the tool because it's trendy.
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calvinmorrison • yesterday at 3:26 AM
not to mention firefox routinely blows up any policies you set during upgrades, incompatibilities, and an endless about:config that is more opaque than a hunk of room temperature lard.
derekdahmer • yesterday at 3:32 AM
How is this different from linux? People happily spend hours customizing defaults in their OS. It’s usually a point of praise for open source software.
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fsflover • yesterday at 8:55 AM
The difference is that on Windows all unwanted features eventually become mandatory, with no way of switching them off. With Firefox, it never happens.
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Well, you aren't the only person using a tool, and it probably matters more to those who are making things "trendy".
In general, how else would people "learn" about a feature unless it was enabled by default or the product nagged them?