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"#Mozilla has missed so many boats that it's not even funny to #catalog them, but sadly, I must."
"Most of the #web runs on #advertising, as it has for 20-plus years. You might think Mozilla would, say, buy and integrate an #adblocker. Acquiring #adblocking #companies has been a thing for a #decade. Other #browsers integrate ad-blocking, and you don't even need something controversial like #Brave – for instance, #VivaldiBrowser has offered it for years. Many of the #team behind #Vivaldi previously made #Opera, and it #blocked #ads too. (Soon afterwards, the company sold it to a #Chinese group.)
But no. Instead, Mozilla goes and buys an #ad firm and then removes its promise not to #sell your #data. Once again, it's as if the #leadership were actively trying to work out the worst direction to turn."
"The #AI trend is a cult now for many.
Whither Mozilla? Oh, it built a #bot into its docs #server in 2023, then promptly had to turn it off again. Its #chief product #officer was quite gung-ho about AI in early 2024. He left the company soon afterwards.

In 2024, Mozilla made more layoffs and announced it would invest in open source #AI. This year, Mozilla finally integrated a #vertical #tab bar into #Firefox and, you guessed it, built an AI #chatbot into it. You can, at least, turn it off."

I’m not a big “blocker” even on #X, though I do have my limits -- slurs, threats, etc. Tonight, I #blocked someone on #Fediverse for the first time after multiple attempts to end a discussion well were met with out-of-thin-air slander and crudeness from an individual who had commented on something I'd posted. I mention that because I actually think that speaks well of the Fediverse: such things seem almost surprising on here. Thank you, Fediverse, for being different -- even when we don't always agree on a subject!

@jeff @TheAdmin can u please assist w my concern re #threads access to our postings & #fediverse per this update #Threads is largest app to adopt #ActivityPub, protocol powering the fediverse, worrying some that Meta will take over decentralized, open source social network made up of interconnected servers. Though Threads isn’t yet full integrated, already some #Mastodon server operators have preemptively #blocked Threads, so their users can’t interact w Meta-run social network and vice versa.

Question - Is Newsie.social open to Threads? #Threads is the largest app to adopt #ActivityPub, the protocol powering the fediverse, worrying some that Meta will take over the decentralized, open source social network made up of interconnected servers. Though Threads isn’t yet full integrated, already some #Mastodon server operators have preemptively #blocked Threads, so their users can’t interact with the Meta-run social network and vice versa. #socialMedia #privacy #billionaires #marketing

Posting in case this helps someone else.

For the last month or two, I've had problems visiting some sites with #Firefox. The sites use #Cloudflare, and it would give the "prove you're a human by checking this box" prompt. I'd never had problems with this before.

Suddenly that started failing consistently. Clicking the box would do something, but then just reload the challenge. There was no way to pass it. I tried reconfiguring and even disabling the "uBlock Origin" extension, cookie policies, other things - no luck.

Based on a comment on this discussion:
ask.metafilter.com/385480/fixi

... I tried disabling the "Disable HTML5 Autoplay" extension, and ... fixed! That was *not* an obvious candidate for causing the problem, unlike adblockers etc.

So it appears Cloudflare changed their in-browser testing JS such that it requires HTML5 autoplay to pass the check. Which is ... special. I can think of lots of people with very good reasons to have that disabled.

Anyways, I hope this helps someone.

ask.metafilter.comfixing Verify You Are A Human - Firefox + cookies + UBlock OriginCloudflare's 'verify that you are a human' test always fails for me in Firefox, but works in Safari - I can load sites in Safari that won't load in Firefox. I suspect the Firefox problem is my...

For followers, it is not possible to protect the posts from unwanted followers and those who have an agenda to follow on internet, I can not cure stupidity but I can block such followers from following whose intention is usually misled and malice. So keep that in mind if someone finds themselves #blocked.
Number of followers does not matter, but if some interaction is not meant for your purpose, then you are not welcome. #followers