vlad-roundabout

Can't you just download content from centralised services as well?

Next you will say that somehow iMessage isn't social media, but WhatsApp is.

Then force them to make it less addictive, because they can!

They aren't, but Gugel and Eple want to keep their duopoly. No, I won't support an app blocking other OSes.

Right, only for Andretard and iPhonys, ensuring the monopoly will be there to stay.

How do you do it without harming privacy? How do you do it without nasty attestation that basically bans GNU/Linux? How do you handle children interested in topics (like programming) which only online platforms can sustain well? And allowing logged-out access is just keeping the worst parts, as the algorithms will keep showing the popular stuff, like those TikTok challenges.

I propose, instead, banning recommendation algorithms. This would ensure that only content which genuinely interests people will be shown, not some weird brainrot just because it's popular.

The software can't have a price, but the service of maintaining it and adding someone's desired features can.

A problem is that some Python library with a sole developer who is on the verge of halting maintenance needs your $1 way more than the Linux Foundation.

I agree a Firefox or WebKit browser would be better, but give me one.

Even better than Brave is a "no-name" browser like Ungoogled Chromium made to protect actual privacy, not the interests of some company!

I think shipping Google is fair. It's not forced upon anyone, and much better than collecting data themselves, or advertising their own services, or making proprietary software.

Some fruits of this project have already landed in some browsers:

* Popovers: https://open-ui.org/components/popover.research.explainer/, https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Popover_API

* Exclusive accordion: https://open-ui.org/components/accordion.explainer/

* New select, already in Chromium only: https://open-ui.org/components/customizableselect/

Yes, one can style them with a userstyle as always.