I’m a nerd and programmer and active in the security sector, so i know how to protect myself from malware and stuff (i know, it sounds naive). i have tons of browser addons who block malicious things and protect me and even wrote my own plugins for firefox to do certain stuff. the newer firefox browsers are implementing more and more forced features you can’t disable i dislike, so I don’t want to update. updates changes all the time stuff i need or want and force features nobody actually needs, and there is no way anymore to disable those manually. so I don’t update to those versions anymore as long as possible. it’s the same with windows updates who introduce new features nobody wants or which removes stuff you need… it’s just annoying.
I don’t want to get forced to use a specific UI i dislike or to have features removed or added i need or dislike.
usually it starts with “we let you disable it still with about:config”, but then in later versions they kill it off so the variables don’t do anything anymore. then they remove it completly in even later versions.
Why? I feel like a browser is something you’d definitely want to keep up to date for security reasons if given the option.
I’m a nerd and programmer and active in the security sector, so i know how to protect myself from malware and stuff (i know, it sounds naive). i have tons of browser addons who block malicious things and protect me and even wrote my own plugins for firefox to do certain stuff. the newer firefox browsers are implementing more and more forced features you can’t disable i dislike, so I don’t want to update. updates changes all the time stuff i need or want and force features nobody actually needs, and there is no way anymore to disable those manually. so I don’t update to those versions anymore as long as possible. it’s the same with windows updates who introduce new features nobody wants or which removes stuff you need… it’s just annoying.
I don’t want to get forced to use a specific UI i dislike or to have features removed or added i need or dislike.
Not even through
about:config?nope, not even with about:config.
usually it starts with “we let you disable it still with about:config”, but then in later versions they kill it off so the variables don’t do anything anymore. then they remove it completly in even later versions.