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58 points

True, but if an adblocker no longer works on a specific browser, change your browser! I started using Netscape back in '94, and lost count on how many browsers I’ve tested and used in the past… Holy shit, 30+ years!!

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30 points

30+ years!

…fuck off, '94 wasn’t 30… counts on fingers several times

…Shit…

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I know… Jurassic Park is 33 years this year. It would be like watching a movie from the 60’ when it was released.

We’re old, friend.

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3 points

I’ve never hated my life more than right now…

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It doesn’t sound right but it is. I think in ‘94 I was using Juno for email and internet. Shortly after that it was time to actually use one of the many AOL trial discs for service instead of a mini frisbee/ninja star.

Modem sounds, chat rooms, you’ve got mail. What a time to live!

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Fuck. I got free internet for almost 5 years. So many AOL discs. 01, 02? Friend’s dad had a T1 connection put into their house for his work. The difference between T1 and the 56k I had at home? At home walk out the room, have a smoke, maybe ⅔ a boob loaded. At buddy’s house, that’s when I realised that the internet had the potential to change everything. Whole boob before you could even stand up.

Kids these days. No appreciation for how much struggle it used to be. Everything just. Just there. No bork the only computer in the house because boob.exe.

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2 points

Mosaic was awesome. Netscape 1 was pretty cool, but Netscape 2 and animated gifs… zowie! That was a day to remember.

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31 points

In the past 10 years it’s pretty much just been Firefox, Safari, Explorer/Edge, and Chrome. 99% of browsers are just skinned Chrome. Even Edge now. Opera’s engine died in 2013.

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33 points

99% if browsers are just skinned Chrome.

Yup. Hence, the reason I originally suggested to use Firefox, only because it’s not built on Chromium.

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Hence, the reason I originally suggested to use Firefox

Just FYI, the word “hence” literally means “for this reason”. So you just said “for this reason the reason” lol.

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-13 points

Chrome uses WebKit, safaris engine.

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18 points

Chrome forked Webkit in 2012 to create Blink. It is reasonable to assume they have somewhat diverged since.

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They’re developed separately. It’s a hard fork so I consider them different.

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I use Palemoon for the nostalgia but also because of the best theme around, Moonscape

Netscape will forever be my number one.

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