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by 2emoore4 4316 days ago
"It blocks..."

ah yes, freedom

2 comments

Are you forced to install this extension?

If I'm an abstainer and I refuse to go drinking to a friend, does it mean I'm infringing his freedom to take me drinking, or would he infringe my freedom if he would keep bothering me about that against my will?

It's my freedom to say no. I won't use this extension, as I don't really mind non-free JS code being executed by my browser (aka I don't mind some beer from time to time), but I fully support and understand people who develop and use it. There's simply no other way to use the web and not use non-free software, aside of disabling JS completely.

Yes, you care about avoiding the JavaScript trap, that is running nonfree software on your computer, via the web browser.

So, you exercise freedom 0 (the freedom to run the program) and install GNU LibreJS as an extension into your free web browser.

Now your browser blocks programs from running in your browser unless they are free software or trivial in their nature.