SlimyHog

> but this kind of thing can be gamed by competitors

What's preventing a competitor from creating an account?

Yes it is funny...

Piracy sites also have webrips that never seem to be poor quality.

You don't have to store the media indefinitely

What does this even mean?

Just slow down then....

What websites? I've been using Firefox exclusively forever and the only times I've had to switch browsers was doing my passport application and I had to find a windows desktop to get that to work

Are you trying to imply that Jeff Bezos and Mark Zukerberg are counterculture in some way? What?

"instead of giving them pennies, let's give them nothing!!!"

Firefox.

You realize that this part was a joke and didn't actually happen right?

This goes hand-in-hand with the idea of using "boring" technology. If it's mission critical, I'd rather be using something battle-tested than the brand-new hot tech. There's re tooling, more documentation and likely more search-able solutions to whatever problems you may run into.

I deleted my account once they killed 3rd party apps and whenever I visit I've noticed that the quality of comments is WAY worse than I remember.

I think they mean "before"

Since the browser extension only works on the FE, this just means you are hiding the site and receiving fewer results on a page.