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[–] 81 points 2 years ago (56 children)

It's the one with a dev that thinks that replacing "he" by "they" is political propaganda?

Yeah, no thanks.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    Can you provide some context?

    Edit: I found the context. Here and here.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    maybe I'm not seeing where the smoking gun is, here. I see a guy saying something akin to "can we not do this here in the github please"

    and then I see a bunch of people blowing up and yelling about "dehumanization" over it.

    ...why is this such a huge deal exactly?

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    Absolutely nothing. The fact that they had to bring up a totally irrelevant 3 year old issue during an event that is supposed to be celebrated tells you a lot. They have been blatantly brigading various communities just for attention, and probably to get the dev cancelled or something. Even this post, the privacy community does not need this whole chain of replies. And yet, they overshadow every legit discussion with this bullshit unprompted.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    so I don't understand. why are all these comments yelling the same stuff? did they just decide to harass this one guy for saying "take it somewhere else, please"?

    I'm trying to find anything malicious in anything he's said. I'm finding nothing but a dude working on a browser.

    this kind of behavior scares me greatly. I know individuals who have been victims of real transphobia. this seems to be a simple language difference. and I think targeting this guy is a mistake.

    Flooding and being loud doesn't make them right. it just means they're loud.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Open mindedness is a key factor for success (especially in open source). Inclusivity demonstrates open mindedness. The fact that the lead dev goes out of his way to prevent such a minor change (it's not even like people demanded a strict CoC or something) is a bad signal

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    for someone who can speak a language that lacks gendered pronouns, this "hysteria" over he/she/they is ridiculous!

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    As someone who speaks a language with gendered pronouns but no neutral option, this is very awkward to deal with.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    yes, it's awkward for the "individual" who is longing for reliable expression

    it also seems to be awkward for people who can't figure out the changes in the language they think as their own. They are irritated by their "disfigured" reflection

    it's awkward for officials who need to make decisions (positive or negative) about the use of "inclusive" language

    we give shape to languages and languages shape us

    English could initially have neutral pronouns and people would be obliged to find other reasons to hate each other 🤷

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    [–] 47 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    Is this browser private? Does it implement proper sandboxing and have any methods of anti-fingerprinting? I hope it eventually see the implementation of a robust content blocker. What makes this related to privacy and not instead just open source. While it is nice to see an independent web engine, if there is no method of anti-fingerprinting, the privacy of this browser is severely limited.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It isn't done yet. They are targeting 2026

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    [–] 34 points 2 years ago*

    63.3K commits from 1K+ contributors and still pre-alpha, it's amazing what a nightmare web browsers have become!

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    [–] 24 points 2 years ago*

    Independent but then their coms are purely proprietary, US-based sludge. If you think folks should be contributing to your project, you should be using technology where you can where you & your contributors can patch & make better too. There is no good reason to be limited to only Microsoft Github & Discord.

    Don’t get it wrong: I have followed for years & want the project to succeed, but this reliance on corporations & not giving your users a private option where they can control their data needs to stop. Normies have ignorance excuse but software makers do not as they generally know better about how these tech firms operate.

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    That could be great! Alternative to firefox!

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    At least might help compete with Firefox to improve Foss browsers.

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