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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 15 Sep 2014

    Now that naughty closed Apple has @duckduckgo search in Safari in Yosemite, I’m sure angelic open @mozilla will do the same in Firefox.

    3:50 AM - 15 Sep 2014
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      2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 15 Sep 2014
        Replying to @aral

        Shame they didn’t do it first but remember that it has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that they get 90% of their money from Google.

        2 replies 4 retweets 2 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 15 Sep 2014
        Replying to @aral

        (It would be tin foil madness to suggest otherwise so please don’t even think about thinking that thought.) :) #institutionalcorruption

        2 replies 2 retweets 0 likes
      4. Antony Slumbers‏ @antonyslumbers 15 Sep 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Well if you fuck your biggest customer you might end up like Phones 4U with 6000 people jobless today. So a little less piety please.

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      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 15 Sep 2014
        Replying to @antonyslumbers

        @antonyslumbers Maybe the answer is not to get into bed with them in the first place or you’re already fucked. #nopietyhere

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      6. Antony Slumbers‏ @antonyslumbers 15 Sep 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Well perhaps but I am not sure the world is as manichean as you make out. Allow for a little grey. Your thesis will be just as valid.

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      7. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 15 Sep 2014
        Replying to @antonyslumbers

        @antonyslumbers It’s all a spectrum :) & yet you get the tree whose seed you plant. The spectrum will remain; we’re just planting new seeds.

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      8. Antony Slumbers‏ @antonyslumbers 15 Sep 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Like that. And best wishes for #indiephone

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      9. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 15 Sep 2014
        Replying to @antonyslumbers

        @antonyslumbers ;)

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      2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 15 Sep 2014
        Replying to @petrakramer

        @petrakramer Nope, like this :) +@duckduckgo @mozillapic.twitter.com/3BXX3N8DMu

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      4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 15 Sep 2014
        Replying to @petrakramer

        @petrakramer You had to install the extension :) It comes *as standard* on Safari on Yosemite/iOS 8—big difference :) +@duckduckgo @mozilla

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. brianbehlendorf‏ @brianbehlendorf 15 Sep 2014
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        @aral @duckduckgo @mozilla No, that's not correct. It's been in the drop-down menu for years. It's just not the default, but no extension,

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 15 Sep 2014
        Replying to @brianbehlendorf

        @brianbehlendorf Is the DuckDuckGo FAQ wrong? https://duck.co/help/desktop/firefox … 1 Visit DuckDuckGo 2 … 3 Click Use in Firefox +@duckduckgo @mozilla

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      2. Eric Eggert‏ @yatil 15 Sep 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral You have been able to use @duckduckgo in @mozilla’s Firefox for ages.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 15 Sep 2014
        Replying to @yatil

        @yatil You’ve been able to use != comes as standard. You have to install an extension in Mozilla (could do that in Safari too)+@duckduckgo

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Eric Eggert‏ @yatil 15 Sep 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Oh, didn’t realize that DDG was the default in iOS/Yosemite. (I wonder what an alternative business model for mozilla could be?)

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      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 15 Sep 2014
        Replying to @yatil

        @yatil At this point, I see no way back for Mozilla. Taking the $270m investment was the crucial mistake.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. brianbehlendorf‏ @brianbehlendorf 15 Sep 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral The rev from Goog is fee for traffic, not investmnt, same as other search engines in the drop-down. Goog pays more to be the default.

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