• cm0002@lemmy.world
      2·
      3 months ago

      We need a more diverse browser engine market to keep the web open.

      We definitely do, but it’s a tall order considering making a fully functional and daily usable browser engine is one of the most difficult programming projects to under take

      At least we got Ladybird with its brand new from scratch engine coming up though! (In 2028…)

      • bettertecheu@lemmy.world
        4·
        3 months ago

        It’s absolutely not a simple thing, but if we let the web turn into Chrome-only then Ladybird doesn’t stand a chance. For now, more market share for Firefox and Firefox-based browsers is the only argument against making websites only work in Chrome.

        • taladar@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          3 months ago

          Especially if Chrome is bought by OpenAI or some of the other players who want to enshittify it even faster and have shown interest.

      • univers3man@lemmy.world
        02·
        3 months ago

        I can’t get behind a browser built from scratch with C, not Rust, considering how integral browsers are to security these days. Plus there’s the whole controversy around their pronouns and politics in coding stances.

  • exposable_preview@slrpnk.net
    2·
    3 months ago

    Some of these products would not exist without their American counterpart, which directly fuel their existance.

    Librewolf is just a hardened version of Firefox. It would not exist without the Firefox team continuing to develop Firefox and to fix its security issues.

    Ecosia primarely uses Bing and Startpage uses Google for search results. Both would not exist without the search engines backing them.

    I’m not saying these are bad products and I don’t mean to criticiseze. I’m actually a librewolf user myself. I just think it is important to point out that the European label might be deceiving in this instance and might mislead people into thinking they are using something different than they actually are.

    It might also not be so important. Perhaps focusing our energy on good open source projects and NGO-backed initiatives is desirable regardless of their origin?

    idk food for thought

  • VisionScout@lemmy.wtf
    1·
    3 months ago

    OP writes “instead of their american counterparts”, and then puts signal.

    Firefox as well any opensource doesn’t have a country. You can build it and use it. Avoid any centralized service.

    The 4 freedoms of software are:

    Freedom 0: The Freedom to Run

    You can use the software for any purpose, without restrictions.

Freedom 1: The Freedom to Study and Modify

    You have access to the source code, allowing you to study how the software works and make changes to suit your needs.

Freedom 2: The Freedom to Distribute Copies

    You can share copies of the software with others, whether for free or at a cost.

Freedom 3: The Freedom to Improve and Share Improvements

    You can modify the software and share your changes with the community, helping others benefit from your improvements.

    as long as these freedoms are observed it doesn’t matter the country of origin.

  • lb_o@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 months ago

    How is Telegram US based? It is a Pavel Durov’s offshore company from some Virgin islands. Not European, but not US either.

    • Marty_Man_X@lemmy.world
      1·
      3 months ago

      In this case, I think the creator just avoids Telegram, for good reason:

      It’s not E2EE encrypted by default.

      The list is not named appropriately “US etc” but it’s not a bad list either

    • Comment105@lemm.ee
      01·
      3 months ago

      These lists are almost always stupid.

      The worst part is that usually the maker hasn’t used half of the things they recommend… If they had, they wouldn’t have recommended them.

      I’m guessing they tend to make these lists because of a personal connection to one or two companies they put in their list. Just as bit of free marketing.

  • agavaa@lemmy.world
    0·
    3 months ago

    Not sure it’s a good idea to recommend Arch Linux to newbies migrating from Windows; maybe prioritize Mint or similar?

    • blinfabian@feddit.nlOP
      2·
      3 months ago

      this is not a recommendation post. this is what i personally use as i said in the title. i would always recommend Mint to a Linux beginner

      • Telorand@reddthat.com
        1·
        3 months ago

        Nice, I hadn’t heard of that one. For anyone wondering, it’s pretty loose on who owns it, but the nonprofit that keeps things moving forward is based in Australia.