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STOP. UPDATING. (mstdn.social)

submitted 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) by wyatt_h_knott@mstdn.social to c/firefox@lemmy.world

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@firefox STOP. UPDATING.

The browser was done TEN YEARS AGO. There is literally ZERO FUCKING JUSTIFICATION for you pushing updates EVERY GODDAMN DAY.

Fucking KNOCK IT OFF. WE DON'T WANT YOUR AI FUCKING GARBAGE.

This is why you're losing to a fucking fork.

You were supposed to be defenders of the faith, not fucking corporate whore sellouts like Google.

#fuckfirefox #librewolfwins

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[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 10 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 38 minutes ago) (1 children)

No? Firefox is way behind and even if it wasn’t, the browser is an enormous attack surface so they have to keep improving security.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 11 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I'm sure that whatever platform you're on lets you not update if you want.

I wouldn't advise that from a security standpoint, but if you're set on it...

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

They're not pissed at lack of updates really, but at features that feel anti-consumer, such as always-on telemetry and opt-out AI

[–] Omodi@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Then they should say that instead.

[–] wyatt_h_knott@mstdn.social 1 points 10 hours ago

@Omodi @gwl all you people in this side thread are completely missing the point. and you're not contributing anything here. No one wants your "Im sure there's a way to block update notifications" BS responses There isn't. And that's not the point.

I don't want to do your maintenance. I don't want to read Firefox update release notes. I DON'T WANT TO FIND WORKAROUNDS FOR MY SOFTWARE.

The POINT is developers don't understand consent OR security if they think the end user update solves security.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

It sounds like he doesn't want update notifications. I'm sure that that's possible, but I've no idea what sort of update notification he's upset about. Could be from some kind of package manager, Firefox itself, whatever. He might also have a nightly build version installed or something, when he could benefit from extended support version.

[–] wyatt_h_knott@mstdn.social -1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

@gwl @tal No, wrong. I'm literally tired of being asked every goddamn day to update. When I told you "NO" I MEANT FUCKING NO.

All that other tripe is annoying too, but what I really want is for fucking coders to learn what consent actually means.

[–] flx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 hours ago

A browser is something that you should keep updated. I'm fully aware of the "Remind me in next time" trap that a lot of tracking and data harvesting is shoved behind, but just update your fucking browser dude. Sometimes, the developers actually know better than the users.

[–] Steveg58@aus.social 0 points 9 hours ago

@wyatt_h_knott @firefox
What they said.
Way to many updates and the containers make the updates very disruptive ... the total opposite of what *nix updates are supposed to be.

[–] folekaule@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

If you want security updates, but not necessarily the latest features, there is always Firefox ESR.

[–] wyatt_h_knott@mstdn.social 2 points 13 hours ago

@folekaule I actually use libre wolf when I care