#anti chrome

[melyzard]

Time for a new edition of my ongoing vendetta against Google fuckery!

Hey friends, did you know that Google is now using Google docs to train it's AI, whether you like it or not? (link goes to: zdnet.com, July 5, 2023). Oh and on Monday, Google updated it's privacy policy to say that it can train it's two AI (Bard and Cloud AI) on any data it scrapes from it's users, period. (link goes to: The Verge, 5 July 2023). Here is Digital Trends also mentioning this new policy change (link goes to: Digital Trends, 5 July 2023). There are a lot more, these are just the most succinct articles that might explain what's happening.

FURTHER REASONS GOOGLE AND GOOGLE CHROME SUCK TODAY:

Stop using Google Analytics, warns Sweden’s privacy watchdog, as it issues over $1M in fines (link goes to: TechCrunch, 3 July 2023) [TLDR: google got caught exporting european users' data to the US to be 'processed' by 'US government surveillance,' which is HELLA ILLEGAL. I'm not going into the Five Eyes, Fourteen Eyes, etc agreements, but you should read up on those to understand why the 'US government surveillance' people might ask Google to do this for countries that are not apart of the various Eyes agreements - and before anyone jumps in with "the US sucks!" YES but they are 100% not the only government buying foreign citizens' data, this is just the one the Swedes caught. Today.]

PwC Australia ties Google to tax leak scandal (link goes to: Reuters, 5 July 2023). [TLDR: a Russian accounting firm slipped Google "confidential information about the start date of a new tax law leaked from Australian government tax briefings." Gosh, why would Google want to spy on governments about tax laws? Can't think of any reason they would want to be able to clean house/change policy/update their user agreement to get around new restrictions before those restrictions or fines hit. Can you?

SO - here is a very detailed list of browsers, updated on 28 June, 2023 on slant.com, that are NOT based on Google Chrome (note: any browser that says 'Chromium-based' is just Google wearing a party mask. It means that Google AND that other party has access to all your data). This is an excellent list that shows pros and cons for each browser, including who the creator is and what kinds of policies they have (for example, one con for Pale Moon is that the creator doesn't like and thinks all websites should be hostile to Tor).

[cassarson]

Guess who's one of the unlucky few who can't turn off the AI Overview on Google now!

On an unrelated note, does anyone have some tips on how to switch a large number of tabs over to Firefox? I want to make it my main browser, but I currently have somewhere around 600 ao3 tabs open on Chrome. So. That seems like a chore. If there's any way to just transfer those en masse, rather than doing them individually, that would be great. Let me know!

[rotpunks]

i think its time to stop acting like all chromium-based browsers are evil and firefox is the one true browser. use firefox if you want, but if the goal is to move people off chrome, you are not helping by demanding everyone get used to a completely different layout instead of letting them download brave

[libartz]

They really think I’ll take them back.

Lol. Lmao, even.

[sapphia]

i get using chrome on desktop - the other browsers do have genuine downsides (as does chrome) that might put people off, and even if they didn’t, change is hard. but if you’re not using literally as many browsers as you can download onto your phone to use as a second tab system for switching between apps, idek how you’re living your life rn

[the-xeliicious-in-question]

tired of seeing AI generated art in your google image searches?

uBlacklist lets you block websites from showing up, meaning you don't get generated amalgams whenever you're looking for references or stock imagery. Also saves you time having to enter modifiers with each search like "before:2021" or "-ai".

Chrome plugin / Firefox plugin

Pastebin of most common/frequent generation sites: https://pastebin.com/ZF5X89a8 - You just need to copy and paste this list into the plugin option like above and click 'Save'.

[lobotr-on]

woke up to find my chrome has updated to add "gemini ai NOW in the search bar!" and my pc has added "copilot: YOUR ai companion!!" to my taskbar

I'm so tired

[nando161mando]

Chrome/Google is blocking HSTS encrypted content sites like Wikipedia because this encryption blocks their plagiarist data/info crawler.

Google is NOT protecting "your" security.

[honeysucklepink]

Heads up if you use Chrome:

The latest update will automatically turn on settings to "optimize ads", in other words turn off privacy settings and use your browsing history. It will however give you the ability to go into settings and turn this off:

Just go to Settings > Privacy and security > Scroll down to "Ad privacy", then turn OFF each of the three settings (ad topics, site-suggested ads, ad measurement). While you're there, it's a good time to review all your privacy settings, honestly.

[undertale-fic-librarby]

Do you have any anti harem fic recs?

Howdy, thanks for asking! Here are some fics that might fit what you're looking for!

A spider in a graveyard by Rubypasha (Explicit, Incomplete)

You've fought for years for people who hate and humiliate you, see you as more of a nuisance than a hero. A menace to society, just like your mentor. But you keep going, keep fighting. Keep pushing your limits to save innocent's who get tangled in the cruel web of life that you walk as a shadow. As someone who expects nothing but gives their all. But you keep going You'll deal with whatever and whoever threatens the lives and safety of innocents (both monsters and humans) because you are a spider. And spiders will never go down without a fight. Tired and injured you go to deal with one of your greatest enemies, a skeleton who like you loves puns but is dangerous. More so than anyone could ever imagine. But instead of wrapping the night up quickly like you want you're faced with something neither of you can understand. A machine that goes haywire leaving you injured and in the mercy of the two skeleton brother's and their clones But you won't back down. You will fight even if your hope isn't what it used to be. Maybe this 'other mansion' of skeletons will finally break the walls you were forced to put up in order to survive. Maybe, just maybe- You'll finally realise how amazing you are

Full Deck by Sons_of_Sirens (Teen And Up, Incomplete)

You’re just a shy young woman who works at a small bookstore in Ebott City, who has never attempted to climb out of her introverted shell before. Or maybe you’re a sassy young woman who lost her job after sticking up for monster rights in front of your racist boss. Or possibly you’re a traumatized young woman, with a painful past full of abuse and a broken body full of secret scars. You might even be an ordinary-looking young woman, who nevertheless possesses magical abilities and a SOUL far different from a regular human’s. But this is not a story about you. It's about ten skeletons in one tacky suburban McMansion, trying to live together without burning down their own house. It’s an unreasonable convergence of the Undertale AU gang as they go about their lives in a house full of volatile personalities, while trying not to get dragged into a reverse-harem trope. Alliances will be made, bake sales will be ruined and the HomeOwner's Association will be armed and dangerous.

I Like Me More by LambCHOWDER (Mature, Incomplete)

You love pancakes. They're so easy to make. Let's ignore the 7 monsters glaring at you and watching your every move. With obvious red flags, you choose to move in with your ex friend and her harem… for your own benefit, of course. Despite the situations that arise, you push through. Though it may be kind of worth it, you really didn’t expect all the secrets to come loose...

Bleeding Green [Rewrite] [On Hiatus] by pyromaniac_mage (Teen And Up, Incomplete)

[Y/N] [L/N] is a powerful mage with a bloodline well-known throughout the ages and her family have always been celebrated. They, however, despise how their bloodline trapped monsters beneath the ground. But, that is for another day. In not being able to afford basic accommodation for university, they had to rely on an old (and terrible) friend named Bethany. For some reason, most of Bethany's skeleton mates despise [Y/N] but why is that? Apart from the fact she is a mage? Just because she has a kindness soul, it doesn't mean she will stand for their bullshit.

Home for lost souls by SketchyDyslexic (Not Rated, Incomplete)

Sans was so in his head that the resets would start back again, he didn't want to even try. Papyrus put in work to convince Sans that he needed to come to the surface with him, and not continue staying in the underground. Sans agreed to pick out a home with his brother, and began packing his things. With only a week left, Sans decided to try pulling his older brother back with the machine one last time, only to have to watch it sputter and stop. Sans gave up and packed his stuff, ready and moving out to stay with undyne until their new home was bought. His life and a few others really went out of whack because of the machines malfunction, with his sudden influx of brothers and the soulmate bonds that were slowly making themselfs known. Even after settling the chaos, shit still hits the fan every time he gets done untangling one mess. And the woman that is helping his strange family isn't making anything easier by making things easier!

[greatrunner]

So, Google is not only aiming at traditional ad blockers like uBlock Origin, Ad Blocker, and AdGuard. But it's also going after extensions like

Ad Blocker for Facebook™

AutoplayStopper

BlockTube

New XKit (which has the blacklist function unlike Xkit Rewritten)

Simplified Twitter

Tumblr Savior

Unpaywall

World Clock Toolbar

Like anything that allows users to circumvent websites overburdened with ads, or website content you don't want to see without a blacklist function.

That's crazy, yo. And I really need these website modifiers to start making their extensions downloadable, like, yesterday.

[thislittlelog]

Hey you, YEAH YOU Still using Chrome for their extensions or use a Firefox addon to allow Chrome extensions to work? Tired of AI search results when you use Google? There's an extension that turns that shit off and it's great

It's called Bye Bye, Google AI and it makes the page look so much cleaner than it did before.

Fuck AI, that shit sucks

[sistabossenn]

For bypassing youtube's new anti-adblock. <3

[caterpillarinacave]

well this sucks

[vampirian]

when you're using a browser with default settings which means no dark mode

[heavilycaffeinatedmuffin]

AI techbros: "AI is the future. AI can write scripts and documents seamlessly. This is groundbreaking."

Google Chrome AI spellcheck: