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Re:Remove Firefox Hello from FF49 on Sunday July 31, 2016 @12:18AM (#12195715)
Really? I thought they totally discontinued the part of the service that lends optical discs via snail mail?
Re:Remove Firefox Hello from FF49 on Saturday July 30, 2016 @11:54AM (#12193479)
Ah, well, never part with tangible money for a virtual service. Especially one that refuses to inform you of the ingredients in their dog food.

DRM is something worth the cost of ignoring and avoiding.

Re:Remove Firefox Hello from FF49 on Saturday July 30, 2016 @09:51AM (#12192954)
Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) are something I've never actually seen used anywhere.

Adobe Flash: why isn't it dead yet?

Pocket is retarded, and it's icon is a non-sequiteur, with no clear purpose. It's a non-obvious add-on that found it's way into the default build probably due to funding.

And chatting and video calls with a browser extension alway felt very Netscape Navigator to me.