On Sat, 13 Jul 2013 20:15:24 -0700, Snit wrote: > On 7/13/13 7:23 PM, in article krt23v$apv$1...@dont-email.me, "Red Blade" > <penac...@yomomma.hot.invalid> wrote: > >> On Sat, 13 Jul 2013 18:37:08 -0700, Snit wrote: >> >>> On 7/13/13 6:17 PM, in article krsu84$sef$1...@dont-email.me, "Red Blade" >>> <penac...@yomomma.hot.invalid> wrote: >>> >>>> Mozilla has abandoned its principles of privacy and security and open- >>>> source by hiding the option to customize Javascript. Unless you're >>>> willing to get into about:config, now you're victim of right-click >>>> blocking, increasingly clever pop-up ads, malicious tracking, and >>>> scripted malware. Firefox is no more secure than M$IE or NSA-Chrome >>>> now. >>>> Another tech industry whore-out falls like a domino, this time a >>>> "non-"profit whore-out. Thanks a lot, guys. >>> >>> Or you can install Developer Tools or, I am sure, any one of the dozen >>> extensions that will give you the functionality back if you want it in >>> easy access. >> >> With the way the tech industry is going, it's only a matter of time >> before all ideals of integrity, privacy rights, and free and open source >> software are completely gone. (Can less-popular addons like Adblock True >> and Adblock Edge keep up with rolling release?) > > I think open source will stick around... but the herd-like group of open > source "advocates" (a minority in the open source world) will continue to be > proved wrong. > > Stallman and his followers will continue to insist that the restrictions > they like (the control they want) is what makes thing most free and some > will even say it has some sort of spiritual significance. It is a religion > to them. > >> Through the years, I warned people on Usenet and IRC (especially >> Freenode) about NSA code in Linux and they told me "Living Standard" was >> a MAFIAA coup waiting to happen. They said "You're crazy", "it's >> impossible", "You're paranoid", "Don't use the Internet at all!", etc. >> Now look what their gullibility and blind trust of government spooks and >> multinational corporations got us! > > Corporations will gain more and more power - and governments will bow down > to them more and more.
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