free software resistance

 the cost of computing freedom is eternal vigilance

### tor-browser *originally posted:* nov 2023 the web sucks, and will never be free again. theres a reason that this webpage is written in gemtext- view the source- then translated to html on the fly. granted, it may seem a bit peculiar to use javascript of all things, to get farther away from the web. but it means no cgi or fancy server nonsense is needed, and this page is actually designed for people using wget/curl/ftp with text editors. the javascript just provides "compatibility" for the browser. so yes, static pages with no js- lovely. but when you load this page in a text editor without js, the fact that its mostly gemtext is by design. now, all browsers suck- the web itself sucks. you dont have to agree, but either way we still need a web browser sometimes i guess. the only web browser i recommend is tor browser. of course its bloat, web browsers generally are. if you are looking for a text mode web browser that cant do js you can probably write your own, thats not a bad idea really- a web browser thats very limited instead of chasing bloated industry standards that no two browsers will ever truly be reliable about again. but you just want a browser, so install tor browser. it takes privacy more seriously than mozilla pretends to, which is important- chrome is not an option here, chromium isnt free either because it has been shown to download non-free components for itself. maybe some ungoogled stuff works for you, but thats not the direction i want my computing to go in. you do you. a lot of websites simply wont load from tor browser. all in all thats good in my opinion, the web is horrible and tor browser wont load the websites that put the most effort into subjugating you. okay, it will still load some of them. it will try more to protect you than other browsers do. none of this is to say that tor browser is perfect at anything, even what it does best. all web browsers are evil, and for now tor browser is the lesser evil. but any good operating system will let you have zero browsers if you prefer, so feel free to not install one at all and to remove any browser you already have. license: 0-clause bsd ``` # 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 # # Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any # purpose with or without fee is hereby granted. # # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES # WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF # MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR # ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES # WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN # ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF # OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. ``` => https://freesoftwareresistance.neocities.org