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Monthly update on the FOSS "Ladybird" browser engine (www.youtube.com)
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Update was from 3 days ago, I'm really hopeful ladybird could be a future browser option to help break the stranglehold chrome has over the market, while Mozilla is struggling to find meaningful direction.

It seems like an exciting project with monthly progress updates :) they keep chipping away at compatibility.

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[–] Cris_Color@lemm.ee 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I wasn't aware of anything along those lines, but reading through the whole thread of discussion was interesting.

Things seem ambiguous currently I'll have to keep an eye on that issue, I appreciate you mentioning it

[–] FedericoSchonborn@beehaw.org 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)
[–] Cris_Color@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That definitely adds a bit more context still. Thank you for the additional information.

I don't know much about either of the first two people, but I do know lunduke and think he's gross (if you have context on the first two you're welcome to share but no obligation to of course :)

Though, I'm also a fan of futo and Louis Rossman. I try to air on the side of being able to appreciate people doing good work even if I don't agree with everything they do or think. People come from different backgrounds and not everyone will see the world the way I do, or be sensitive to the pain caused by the issues that affect me personally 🤷‍♂️

[–] mke@programming.dev 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

These are off the top of my head, will add links in a bit.

Vaxry is the lead developer of infamous compositor hyprland, known by many for its toxic community. He is on record saying "I do believe there could be arguments to sway my opinion towards genocide". There is a print of this, somewhere. I've seen it. I will find it and put it here.

Brendan is CEO of Brave and known homophobe, kicked out of Mozilla for... being a homophobe. He now leads the foremost crypto browser, known for its bravery and gathering a large cult of cunts. N.B. not all brave users are cunts, but cunts are seemingly attracted to brave, where they may find a welcoming community of people just as proudly horrible.

I think Ross is ok (I haven't seen anything horrible so far at least), the issue is really Lunduke who, for those unaware, is also a known transphobe and extreme right-wing propagandist.

[–] Cris_Color@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thank you!

And yeah the fact that brave sucks so god damn much is frustrating. Brave is the best independent search engine with their own index (of the free options) in my opinion. At some point I need to try searx and kagi, but I prefer an independent engine rather than a meta search engine, and am broke as fuck 😅

[–] mke@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I get that, I was excited for Brave as an independent search engine before learning more about them. Kagi genuinely seems to be a good meta search engine, but its leadership is ignorant, reckless, and frankly embarrassing. I won't comment on Searx since I haven't tried or read about it in a long time. Bit bleak, eh?

[–] Cris_Color@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oof... I don't find that as long or intense of a pattern as with brave but the behaviour to reach out and repeatedly bug the guy about his small blog post reflects strangely and poorly on his character :/ I had no idea kagi kinda came with baggage as well.

And yeah, it definitely is. Thats part of why I try really hard not to let perfect be the enemy of good. There is no perfect, and I still want to be involved in good where I can, to the extent that there is good available.

Thank you very much for taking the time to share a ton of additional context. I often have a hard time keeping in the loop about things and if I'm going to use imperfect things because I think they're better than the alternative, then I want to at least pay attention to and understand their imperfections

[–] mke@programming.dev 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thats part of why I try really hard not to let perfect be the enemy of good.

That's fair, I hope I didn't come across as attacking usage of "imperfect" solutions. It's definitely not my goal, I'm in the "try to use the least bad thing" camp.

Thank you for taking the time to acknowledge and engage with that context. I spend too much time on the internet and fully understand it's unsustainable for most—it's not doing me good, either—so I'm glad I get to share relevant content I've accumulated from time to time.

[–] Cris_Color@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

Nah, you're all good, this has been a lovely conversion and I've appreciated your extra info :)

I hope you have a good day my friend 😊

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 8 points 4 days ago

Thanks :) I agree it is ambiguous but still an odd choice.