▲ 401 ▼ Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more (www.theguardian.com) submitted 5 months ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world 48 comments fedilink hide all child comments A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical – and often distinctively European – alternatives
[–] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago (2 children) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/temporary-containers-plus/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Crumblefluff@feddit.org 2 points 5 months ago Yup, and it is working quite well. I'm happily using it; just a tad annoying to remember to open certain links in specific containers or else you are blocked from their firewall. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child) Huh, I was just writing that I wished Firefox would do this, so thanks! I'll check it out. Much appreciated. EDITED to add: unfortunately it's not for me. I tried it out in automatic mode (recommended) and while it worked perfectly, as soon as I enabled it my browser started to get unstable, pages would lock, mouse pointer would disappear, etc. And then as soon as I disabled the extension all went back to normal. So it's a no-go for now. But thanks for letting us know it's there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) well those are really not supposed to be happening, weird permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago Yeah, I wouldn't worry about the safety of the extension, though. I have a lot of extensions going already, and this is not the first one to go bonkers as a later addition. So chances are excellent it will work for others just fine. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Crumblefluff@feddit.org 2 points 5 months ago Yup, and it is working quite well. I'm happily using it; just a tad annoying to remember to open certain links in specific containers or else you are blocked from their firewall. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child) Huh, I was just writing that I wished Firefox would do this, so thanks! I'll check it out. Much appreciated. EDITED to add: unfortunately it's not for me. I tried it out in automatic mode (recommended) and while it worked perfectly, as soon as I enabled it my browser started to get unstable, pages would lock, mouse pointer would disappear, etc. And then as soon as I disabled the extension all went back to normal. So it's a no-go for now. But thanks for letting us know it's there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) well those are really not supposed to be happening, weird permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago Yeah, I wouldn't worry about the safety of the extension, though. I have a lot of extensions going already, and this is not the first one to go bonkers as a later addition. So chances are excellent it will work for others just fine. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) well those are really not supposed to be happening, weird permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago Yeah, I wouldn't worry about the safety of the extension, though. I have a lot of extensions going already, and this is not the first one to go bonkers as a later addition. So chances are excellent it will work for others just fine. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago Yeah, I wouldn't worry about the safety of the extension, though. I have a lot of extensions going already, and this is not the first one to go bonkers as a later addition. So chances are excellent it will work for others just fine. permalink fedilink source parent