Peak software
Peak software
Posted Feb 28, 2025 17:19 UTC (Fri) by mb (subscriber, #50428)Parent article: Terms of use and privacy changes for Firefox
Peak software was 10 years ago.
Security vulnerabilities are the only reason I update most software.
Security vulnerabilities are the only reason I update most software.
New features added to today's software that I actually need are extremely rare.
99% is just bloat or stuff that actively works against me, like in this example.
For Firefox the count of interesting new features that I actually want/use during the last 10 years is precisely zero for me. The things to turn off in about:config is an ever growing list.
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