For sure. Chromium, Gecko, WebKit, Trident, Presto… I also remember people then telling users to ditch other browsers… and the same people who said it 10-15 years ago are now the same people who are worried about the duopoly (WebKit and Blink) and lack of Gecko and browser/rendering engine innovation(s).

I know it’s a big issue for many given the bad news and crap Google does, but Mozilla is actively taking away features from Gecko whereas Vivaldi, Microsoft, Google and Samsung are improving chromium. I find it hard to make Firefox behave how I want it to when browsers like Vivaldi or even Edge make it easy.

I know a common sentiment I hear (at least on Reddit) is “Why didn’t so and so’s browser use Gecko?” but when a company or person does, a lot of /r/Firefox and /r/Linux users will get upset that they are forking Firefox instead of adding to Firefox/Gecko.

Right, however, a basic tablet UI which Firefox previously had and many browsers have shouldn’t be hard for Mozilla to implement on Android.

Android has scaling so a tablet UI should look normal on most devices.

Which is odd considering it’s been a “first class citizen” on iPadOS by supporting features: https://www.lowyat.net/2019/181498/the-new-firefox-for-ipad-now-supports-split-screen-tab-tiles-keyboard-shortcuts-and-more/

Vivaldi is great though, I hope you’ve enjoyed it thus far!

I wish Mozilla listened to its users like it used to.

Vivaldi has been great on Android, desktop and iOS/iPadOS and even keeps the customization built in that Firefox used to have.

Fuck that person. I can only imagine the anxiety the dog felt.

Summary by Google Bard:

The article “The Cloud Is a Prison. Can the Local-First Software Movement Set Us Free?” by Gregory Barber discusses the growing movement towards local-first computing.

This movement advocates for a more privacy-focused and secure way of computing, where data is stored and processed locally on the user’s device instead of on remote servers. The author argues that the cloud is not as secure or private as we think it is, and that local-first computing offers a number of advantages, such as better performance, greater control over data, and reduced reliance on large corporations.

Congrats to those on Android! When using Android, Sync for Reddit was, in my opinion, the Android equivalent of Apollo with just pure focus on the modern Android experience + attention to detail on both content and UX.

Cheers to a fresh new life, Sync! 🍻

Have you tried the website MagnetDL or 1337xto? I had to use it recently for an old (1950s) tv show for my great grandmother and was able to find it: https://www.1377x.to/

Transmission on macOS, Windows and Linux.

I used other programs prior, but I like the simplicity of Transmission.

That being said, if you want a full-featured program, qbTorrent and Deluge are great.

To add to this, you can install AdGuard Public DNS mobile config file, and tweak it (via profile builder on their website) to add family protection and change from just a pseudo VPN to DNS over HTTPS, TLS + add Wi-Fi networks for it to ignore automatically and exclude some domains.

Edit: forgot to include link

https://adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.html#:~:text=Android-,iOS,-Windows

Amazon and apple one (music and tv)

I haven’t tried jelly fin so I’ll have to try it out; on my Apple devices I use Infuse Pro.

That being said, I really enjoy Kodi even though I know many despite it. Kodi to me is Firefox pre v56/57 where even though it shows its age, the customizability and utility is what makes it what it is.