That’s actually a known bug in Fennec, nothing to do with Google

The AI chat right at the top of page is very reassuring

They have their own repos:

https://www.cromite.org/fdroid/repo

https://fdroid.ironfoxoss.org/fdroid/repo

I would never use it as I said because of all the shit they did/do. However the google only blocked extension based adblockers not those on a browser level. These would be quite hard to block without closing down the chromium source code, which would also be hard as chromium is partially LGPL. The theming options in Opera GX are more accessible than userChrome.css with Firefox and they are more powerful than simply changing themes. The sidebar of the base Firefox has been really weak in my experience. Something like Zen+ubo however would be a more comparable (and better for that use case) option

Ah, I understand now. That is AFAIK correct, however complienace with the New York bill will be impossible:

New York’s proposed Senate Bill S8102A requires adults to prove they’re adults to use a computer, exercise bike, smart watch, or car if the device is internet enabled with app ecosystems. The bill explicitly forbids self-reporting and leaves the allowed methods to regulations written by the Attorney General.

Source - The bill

I am confused on what you are trying to say, English isn’t my native language. Could you say what exactly the point of your comments is?

At least one of the laws made the OS responsible if the determined age is not correct, meaning if you don’t verify the age you may still be commiting a crime, even if it is not required

It has some neat features like a sidebar, built in adblocker and customization features. I also would never use it but I think it’s a good sign that Linux is being taken serious as a platform

You can not comply with laws. Its how all piracy sites and most social media sites work

Now you can choose to not use it instead of not being able to!

No idea about that, not a lawyer. However I think a big part is that ChatGPT would just spit out full lyrics. If you were to recreate the textbook from memory and post them online, you’d probably be in trouble too

GEMA stands for “Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte” which means “Society for Musical Performing and Mechanical Reproduction Rights” in English. So if it’s not music they won’t care

Considering Chat Control had a majority, just not a large enough one, it seems unlikely such a law could pass

Wasn’t the point of Apple always that they don’t sell the data to third parties and not that they don’t collect anything?

Servo is a web browser rendering engine written in rust. It was originally started by Mozilla but then abandoned

Molly uses Signals servers, meaning you can chat with people that use Signal. As far as I know Signal does allow for third party clients, so as long as their stance doesn’t change Molly should work. Differences between the versions can be found here

Alternatively there is !bestoflemmy@lemmy.world

If you(they) don’t mind having outdated software Debian stable might be worth looking into. Otherwise there are immutable distros which are very hard to fuck up, and even if you do there is the option to rollback to the previous version. I’d recommend Aurora or Fedora (fedora doesn’t include some proprietary stuff like some codecs so if you need that it’s probably better to use Aurora).

Linux Mint also has a version based on Debian stable, LMDE, which is could also be an option. It’s not as stable as Debian as it adds its own stuff but has the out of the box experience.

As general advice I’d suggest using less packages and more flatpaks as a faulty flatpak update can only break that flatpak, not your system. For packages be sure to disable online updates, meaning you have to reboot to apply them. This isn’t as convenient but if stability is that important to you I’d go for it

You can replace the default windows UI with an alternative shell like Open Shell (here’s a list). Not sure how reliable this works.

most of us wouldn’t want to have sex with tentacles and cat ears