#i don't even have the app lmao on my phone i still use mobile browser

[somecunttookmyurl]

Messaging because I saw how on another post and it was hidden:

here's some instructions for anyone who doesn't know how to opt out:

login in on desktop, it's not available on mobile yet

click "Account"

click on your blog

go to "Blog Settings"

go to "Visibility"

Scroll down to the bottom option

turn the toggle ON, not off

i've been excusively desktop for years, i know where the setting is, i did not have it at the time

[laisai]

look firefox being able to run ublock origin on mobile is a LIFESAVER and yes it also syncs via desktop

that was one big thing i cared about, syncing tabs across desktop and mobile bc sometimes i prefer to like, find fic on desktop but read it on my phone

anyway remember how shitty internet explorer was? that was because they had murdered their only competition during the 90s. so they stopped giving a fuck.

firefox was its first competition in a LONG time when it came out and it forced explorer to shape up... and eventually explorer gave up and died lmao

then chrome came in and said look at us! we're faster! we also have these newfangled tabs things! we take seconds to install and we look cooler and look no terrible malware toolbars!

and we all jumped to chrome. even microsoft edge these days runs off chromium, which is like chrome but removing a lot of the google branding/specific stuff (its more complicated but look it up if you care)

BUT FIREFOX DOESNT. IT'S NOT BASED OFF CHROMIUM (loads of other "alternative" browsers are based off chromium too. its sad and pathetic) (also firefox is born from the ashes of internet explorer's old adversary and it's pretty cool)

you might not think browser monopolies matter but trust me, it was a SHIT time for computer security/innovation and it will be a shit time again if we let chrome dominate like internet explorer used to

and this time its worse because SO MUCH more of your personal data -- government/social security id, financial info, family connections -- all of that is being accessed thru browsers again

and there's loads of "apps" on your desktop that are actually just Browsers in Disguise (look up electron framework) and they run chromium too, so if chromium/chrome has a vulnerability THEY WILL TOO

JUST USE FIREFOX.

(also chrome being the default has caused websites to ONLY code for chrome, which lets GOOGLE dictate how websites work on the internet. a private company shouldn't have that power. explorer was like that in the early 00s. it was hell. it made some aspects of web design easy -- design and test just one browser -- but it held back innovation for like a decade.

if you find you still need a chrome browser bc some websites aren't compatible btw, might i point you to Microsoft edge? it's hilarious but basically because it's chromium based it works like 99.9% of the time when a website asks you to use chrome, only it doesnt record all your info and send it to google.

don't sign into it and it won't record enough info on you to matter. also turn on hardware acceleration in the settings if something doesn't work; that setting is on by default in chrome.)

seems that Chrome has around 60-65% market share, so it’s not totally dominating the market yet but it’s worrying that we’re basically reliant on Apple and Microsoft to hold the line.

[gooeychewy]

I saw some asks about blacklisting on mobile, and the confirmed answer is exactly that; it's not possible, unless you log into and use your Tumblr account on specialised apps. I don't think mobile users realise so much that there is no official blacklist feature on Tumblr desktop either, and that blacklisting is merely a result of unofficial browser plug-ins and extensions. Tumblr has never had an official blacklist feature, and I doubt that it ever will any time soon, unfortunately. :(

Yeah, it’s become so commonplace to use third-party software/extensions to blacklist on desktop that it’s sort of become lost in translation that tumblr itself doesn’t have that feature?? I’m guilty of that myself lol, I’ve been using xkit on desktop for so long that I always assume that everyone else does too, but that’s really not the case ^^;;

There used to be an xkit app on the app store that had blacklisting too! But it’s not there anymore, and even if it still existed, it wasn’t free like it is on desktop, which is a bummer....I’m surprised that at this point there aren’t more blacklisting options for mobile; the app has been around since at least 2013/2014? But maybe it’s just harder to program that sort of thing on phones, idk

Any way you look at it it’s a bummer if you’re a mobile user, back when I was primarily on desktop xkit did a great job of blocking things that I blacklisted, but now that I really only answer asks/edit my blog on desktop and use mobile for everything else, it’s....pretty frustrating lmao, I’ve just sort of resigned myself to being bombarded with posts that I’d rather not see ^^;

Maybe @staff figures that since everyone uses xkit and other extensions like tumblr savior, they don’t need to put in the extra effort to make a blacklisting feature themselves? If that’s the case, then....that’s pretty scummy :/