No opinions were censored. If someone can’t use normal words instead of slurs to make their point that’s on them.
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If someone can’t use normal words instead of slurs
Oh sure. LOL.
IMO if @TheLastProject may use “asshole” when the mood strikes, then @gentr should be allowed to use “whore”. (1) F-Droid apps ratings and comments - #23 by TheLastProject (2) When you love freedom you give freedom - #2 by TheLastProject
Otherwise, it’s selective censorship and using a double standard. Sorry, but “it is what it is.”
I personally don’t quite agree those words are on the same level but I agree I could’ve used better terms so I’ve edited my post. It feels a bit lame you’re calling me out now instead of when that happened (that post is over 2 months old and this is the first time anyone has talked to me about it and I don’t believe anyone ever hit the report button ever), but fine, you could call that a double standard so I have hereby ensured my post no longer can be considered a double standard by any way. In the future, please report problematic posts (and if a mod does it and you feel worried because of that, feel free to ping another mod).
Now, can we get back on-topic?
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If you say you hate something, is that forbidden hate speech? IANAL, but I hate censorship. I hate having to click “reveal anyway” or “tiny pencil icon” to see what was really said or what was hidden or changed in posts, then try to understand the colour-coded changes. It’s a waste of time. Frankly, I hate most everything about Discourse forum software. I assure you I will most likely NOT be clicking the report (flag) button for anything other than spam posts, which I also hate. I hate when people delete their own posts, and other than spam, those are the only things I’ve ever flagged, iirc. That too was a pointless waste of time AFAIK.
I did not “call out” anything before, because I couldn’t care less about the language used. IMO editing your previous post was unnecessary, and shows you didn’t get my point. My point is: Mod-editing posts in THIS thread, ironically on a censorship topic, was unnecessary and uncalled for.
For the record: (a) TWO previous posts were linked. (b) The free dictionary calls “asshole” vulgar slang, but (pun intended) only uses “vulgar” deep down in one definition of “whore”. (See Asshole - definition of asshole by The Free Dictionary and Whore - definition of whore by The Free Dictionary )
Regardless, Thank you for doing the Mod job. I would not wish it on my worst enemy, so to speak. I assume all the “staff” do the best job they can. This was intended as constructive criticism, of the obfuscating/censoring of posts in this thread particularly.
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yes for now Brave is good choice, I heard somewhere that the Mozilla cofounder create brave browser after it leaves Mozilla
How did you test brave exactly?
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I have compared Google, DDG and brave and looks like Google with safeSearch=OFF has less censorship than DDG/brave with safe search off
It was totally unexpected for me
DuckDuckGo’s supposedly private browser caught permitting ad tracking. Android police sources . https://www.androidpolice.com/duckduckgo-privacy-browser-caught-permitting-ad-tracking/
Hadn’t seen any posts about this yet, iinstead of making a new thread I decided to bring it up here since it relates to ddg.
It happens to turn out that the duckduckgo browser whitelists some of Microsofts trackers becausse of a deal between ddg and Microsoft.
Isn’t there a link just above your post?
Would it be viable that the app goes against F-Droid’s TOS (out of curiosity)?
In what way?
DuckDuckGo claims it’s a private browser but isn’t, and allows some of Microsoft’s trackers. I do not know if F-Droid allows apps that track its users.
I can read above since I just pointed above the post with the article… thanks 
But does THE APP track you even when you don’t visit a Microsoft tracker enabled site? Eg. if you go to https://fsf.org do they send this info to Microsoft? If not…
I do not know if F-Droid allows apps that track its users.
We do, but we tag such apps so users know what they install: https://monitor.f-droid.org/anti-feature/Tracking
Additionally, while Duckduckgo may allow Microsoft trackers it isn’t necessarily duckduckgo doing the tracking it’s the said Microsoft sites, or more specifically, Microsoft.
While I agree with the sentiment, Blake Masters is… well… in an effort to not turn things political and divide this thread along party lines, let’s just say he’s not the best source of data on why DDG should absolutely not be regarded as some shining beacon of online privacy and security in an otherwise insecure space. Sure, Google is probably a bigger offender where privacy invasion is concerned but Google also doesn’t purport to be just the opposite and everyone knows the BS they’re into/about.
DDG on the other hand claims to be all for privacy and respecting one’s right to it when that couldn’t be further from the truth. I wish I could remember the website address off the top by sadly they were http only so I don’t frequent it but it was an entire site devoted exclusively to warn people away from DDG and highlight all the many reasons why.
One giant red flag is that the founder and CEO, prior to starting DDG started something that I believe was called Names Database and from recollection, was effectively a really sneaky and deceitful way of getting individuals to give up, not only their sensitive data, but that of as many of their friends and family members as they could think of, which again, if memory serves correctly, Names Database turned around and sold to the highest bidder. Man I really wish I could find that website because it was chock-full of really shady stuff that not only the founder and CEO was guilty of personally but that the company as a whole was mired in. It makes me almost more distrusting of duck duck go than I am of Google because at least Google is fairly transparent about what they do with your data and what data they’re collecting, etc. I know they’re not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but I feel like they are much closer representation of corporate transparency in the tech space from a search engine provider, than DDG is.
Just my 2¢
PS. If anybody knows the name of that website I’m thinking of. Please let me know cuz I’ve been trying to figure it out for quite some time now. I can’t remember much about it, but I know that the URL was essentially a slam on duck duck go in and of itself like www.dontuseduckduckgo.com or something along those lines. For some reason I want to say it was created by a foreign national. Maybe someone from France? I could be way off base there but it seems to be sticking out in my memory as being relevant
@Ryu945
Most Google censorship is from their own policy and has nothing to do with government.
And you would know this how?
that website I’m thinking of
Wikipedia is unreliable stuff, but it covers DDG, Weinberg and Names Database social network in some detail, with references.
Did you ever wonder why Wikipedia blocks most, but not all, VPN access for editing, and often appears near top of search site results? Not to be too paranoid, but could that be part of a quiet deal too?
At least DDG doesn’t block or frequently “error out” access over Tor, like some others (Mojeek).
On the one hand, it’s great a DDG News search for: duckduckgo microsoft partnership, was not empty, and included lots of criticism. On the other hand, it was annoying seeing a link to MSN for an article from The Register, near the top. No surprise though. Highest bidder wins the words.
Why would anyone not expect deals between advertisers and search engines? How else they get paid? It’s hard to trust any web browser these days. Browsers from search sites doubly so.