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  • mulcahey@lemm.eeOPtoFirefox@lemmy.mlWhy I Left Firefox for Brave
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    2 months ago

    I’ve tried disabling the screensaver in power settings (not via script). But I have to keep some power settings so that my machine goes to sleep when not in use and the TV turns off.

    So whatever my power settings are, they will kick in. If I disable screensaver but I have a 30 min sleep timer, the comp will go to sleep, even if I’m watching a movie in Firefox.

    Typically, turning off my TV looks like this:

    • I close a tab that’s playing a movie.
    • Firefox reverts to my home tab, showing all my streaming sites.
    • I get up and walk away
    • My computer goes to sleep
    • My TV, not getting any input from the computer, turns off.

    If I go the script route, it might screw up that sequence, right?






  • Folks are asking “Why post this here?” I get the question but I think I also get the OP, as a New Yorker who was surprised to see this ad IRL.

    Most of our subway ads are for VC-funded Internet darlings (think: mattresses-by-mail, kitschy underwear, online therapy) or for some aspiring blockbuster movie from an Internet giant.

    Until I saw this ad, I had never in my life seen a subway ad for a company I actually used, let alone respected.

    Seeing this ad in the wild broke my brain. I have advocated for online privacy for over a decade. I have spent so much energy pushing people to use Signal. But I had never before imagined that “online privacy” was a concept that could find an audience in mass marketing.

    I don’t know if Mullvad will take off. But I know that seeing these ads moved me. I felt like maybe, MAYBE, our movement is breaking through.