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   Message 29,848 of 30,566   
   Felix to Petzl   
   Re: Cool new open source privacy oriente   
   01 Dec 25 11:34:21   
   
   XPost: aus.computers   
   From: none@not.here   
      
   Petzl wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Firefox hasn't. Brave hasn't. it depends on whether they have support   
   via a customer base and developers/contributors   
      
   >   
   > 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?   
      
      
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