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   Petzl to Monsieur@notreal.invalid   
   Re: Cool new open source privacy oriente   
   01 Dec 25 07:15:39   
   
   XPost: aus.computers   
   From: petzlx@gmail.com   
      
   On Sun, 30 Nov 2025 14:39:05 +0100, Monsieur   
    wrote:   
      
   >Felix wrote:   
   >> s|b wrote:   
   >>> On Sat, 29 Nov 2025 23:42:24 +1100, Felix wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> https://helium.computer/   
   >>> Why exactly is it kewl?   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> It's fast, best privacy and unbiased ad-blocking by default, no adware,   
   >> no bloat, no noise, fully open source, very clean look, etc.,   
   >   
   >But still uses Chromium, so no thank you.   
   >   
   ?   
   So Google need to be fed, and their users are the food?   
   Anything free normally starts becoming unreliable and inevitably dies.   
      
   There's always a new broom coming out, until they work out how to get   
   revenue, they seemed doomed to failure.   
      
   What price do you pay, what you recommend?   
   --   
   Petzl   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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