The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Hello, everyone! If you already know what is going on, then this post is for you, if you don't this is also for you. Here's what happened.
This is:
1. An explanation about why I was gone for over a month with no online activity at all.
2. An explanation about the recent drama regarding the easter egg in Thorium and contents of the Thorium Website.
3. A layout of what I am guilty of, not guilty of, how I'm going to move forward, and an apology to the community.
4. Dispell some kinda crazy twists of the facts that resulted from grapevine word of mouth, etc. such as accusations that I hosted child porn on my site, that Thorium binaries are malicious (i.e. a virus), or that I was trying to medically influence people.
Ok, so I was gone for a little over a month at the hospital with some medical issues, with no access to a computer. I had my phone, but only used it to communicate with family.
I added an inappropriate easter egg to Thorium. It was accessible by going to the developer page chrome://chrome-urls or chrome://about, and then scrolling to the bottom, where there was a link called chrome://yiff. Clicking the link would take you to an image of a suggestive furry artwork. If you want to see what this was, you can see it here.
Valid criticism from the community includes:
- Minors could be using the browser, and run into it.
- The artist was not asked or given credit for their work.
- It is unprofessional for a publicly available browser.
- It potentially violates my own CoC, which is available Here.
I initially made it when my user base was really small, and my intention was after a few people found it, the joke would be over and I would remove it. Unfortunately, it was found by, and blew up online when I was in the hospital, so I couldn't react or remove it. Anyway, it was removed in commit 9947421. Thorium versions before M119 will have it. Going forward, the easter egg is changed to chrome://robot and instead points to this cute image that was the default "sad tab" image until M38.
To all users, even ones who had no idea about this, I am sorry.
Next, the Thorium website had a rather nasty sounding directory, with images that if you didn't know what they were for would be very alarming. The directory was a backup of an Anti-Circumcision (Intactivist) website made by the late John A. Erickson, and was up for over a decade. Since he died, and in 2021 the hoster shut down, and the web.archive.org copy was always slow to load due to Javascript and large images, I made this as a private backup. There were no links to it on the site, and one had to know the exact URL and enter it manually.
If you want to see the last archived version, see Here.
Of course, many of you will now wonder WTF this is and why someone would be against routine infant circumcision. (I am not against religious circumcision or adult circumcision, where adults can make their own choices about their own body). Please see:
This fine educational website: https://www.yourwholebaby.org/
This fine documentary (of which I was a donator): https://circumcisionmovie.com/ (It's available on Netflix)
And this exposé site intended for adult males: https://www.circumstitions.com/
Anyway, through word of mouth (the "cup telephone effect"), and some angry users, this got turned into accusations that I put child porn on the site, that Thorium was a virus (although it *has* always triggered a warning on Windows, but this is because it is not signed since I don't wanna pay for that lol), or that I was trying to influence users medically. (Consult your doctor obviously.)
This site backup should have been kept on my hard drive, or put on another site.
I deleted some issues relating to all of this, as I was freaking out, and didn't want my repos to be reported or taken down by people spam reporting a bunch of times, because of the amount of work I had put into them. To the users who felt silenced, I am sorry.
So, I am:
Guilty Of:
- Indiscretion
- Naivety
- Unprofessionalism
- Breaking users trust
Not Guilty Of:
- Making malicious code
- Having anything to do with child porn
- Wanting to harm the Chromium community
Originally, stuff exploded because of Chris Titus Tech's video Here (sadly now unlisted), and then this new one Here.
If you've made it this far, I totally understand if you no longer want to be a Thorium user. If you do, then welcome, and I will continue to work on the project for the foreseeable future (it is not "Dead" as some people said).
Thank you.
- Sincerely, Alex313031
P.S. A note to win32ss (a very talented developer) who helped me make the Thorium Win7 release:
After reading all this, I hope you may reconsider being a helper to the project.
Heya,
ReplyDeletei knew it was right.
I also did like the picture and found it funny.
I also thought this was overblown.
Hope i can continue using this Browser.
Cheers 🏳️⚧️
Fk LGBTQ
DeleteKeep the good work man!! The browser you are building is amazing! definitely the best browser I ever used. You are still young and probably will do more mistakes :) that's called live. Just take the lessons learned from this experience but mute all the noise that has been generated and move forward. No one will remember this 3 monhts down the line
Delete@Anonymous January 10, 2024 at 3:33 AM: Just because some guy on the internet posted something inappropriate doesn't mean LGBTQ in general is bad lol, I can assure you there are lots of hetero white guys making the world way worse.
DeleteYou're deflecting. "Hetero white guys" are just normal people you're smearing because you are simply racist. Everything your cult stands for is absolutely disgusting.
DeleteTTD
Delete>Makes an argument against assuming all people of a certain group are the same
DeletePrevious comment:
>argument assuming all people of a certain group are the same
now that's a comprehensive and a mature apology
Deletethis just further proves why i will continue to use thorium and recommend it to others, super professional way of dealing with all you were accused of first of all, and secondly the browser is just that much better than anything else ive used (ive used literally almost all of them) and was loving brave for a long time but multiple things (mainly the crypto bloat) has made me re-think my choice. the ONLY thing i can slightly complain about with thorium is its sometimes a little behind on updates and as far as i know theres no way of updating through the browser (not confirmed, just as far as i know) but its not far enough behind to make me worry and generally its updated more than quick enough to still be safe, also alex seems to be basically the only one doing all the work (aside from very few commits from a few others) so unless the project is just dropped completely and goes dead (which i dont think will happen) i will continue using and supporting the browser and anything else thorium related anyway i can ! :)
DeleteI'm a conservative and don't really get the LGBT or furry stuff, but I appreciate the developer adding information for an important mens issue in their project.
DeleteThe people who are haters or calling you racist aren't doing anyone any good, but this project is.
Cheers
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How can we even reach guys like Alex? From 'Fedor' of 'MyPal' to 'Shane' of 'Supermium' & 'Alex' of 'Thorium', none of these CLOWNS ever put their contact information ANYWHERE online, which is ABSURD, because since they R only in it 2 promote themselves & their 'programming abilities' 2 get work & whatever, they may as well just do everything in 'secret' like through 'disposable' accounts 2 actually SOLVE PROBLEMS rather than all the 'gang' mentality & defending the obvious, deliberate ((($abotage))) in web browsers like all the needless extra threads & $hit that R only there 2 waste resources so much U R 'forced' 2 close more tabs & 'just google it' instead. It's all a ((($kam))), & the only reason Firefox switched 2 the same bull$hit 'zillion processes' anti-design waz koz j00gle bribed them literally billions of dollars 2 wreck their own thing, after already paying them tons 2 make them thedefault search engine, etc. My guess is Fedor/mypal is getting paid by their 'forced search krap' 2 = & they all zuk azz =P N E waze, iWill post pages about this, but here R some about other things ~> https://justpaste.it/1tgpv & unlike all these other clowns, U can reach me by E-Mail, at 'balkanguy (at) live (dot) com' =) I'm happy 2 pay 4 'fixes', on a 'per module' basis (that work = not up front). We can start with 'make chrome single threaded'. The '--sigle-process' thing just crashes the whole browser when it reaches the fake ridiculously low 'renderer RAM' limit they impose, rather than just crash the tab (which it shouldn't either) but just dumping 'whatever' 2 disk would solve all of that (((bull$hit))), same way old Firefox 52 (or even modern MyPal68) can run HUNDREDS of tabs with less than a gig of RAM =)
Deletewhy so serious? keep the hard an nice work
ReplyDeleteSerious because people were calling me with death threats, threats about calling the FBI, they were spam reporting my repos which got them taken down temporarily, and the new chris titus tech video caused a mass influx of github issues with people hating on Thorium. I felt I needed to do a full explanation and apology to the userbase.
DeletePeople are crazy, I did not know this, I think they have a lot of time to complain about nonsense things and loss the important things to worry about, anyway I'm glad you are back, the pic is funny and for me that's all. I really appreciate the work behind your thorium proyect
DeleteThe image was funny. Good to see you back.
ReplyDeleteBeen using Thorium for a few months and love it. Thanks for the write up. Glad you're on the mend, and I personally feel the other items are being made a bigger deal of by folks who spend a lot of time making a big deal out of small things. Personally, I appreciate the personality of the easter egg - diversity is a win, right? :)
ReplyDeleteDon't sweat the small stuff. There'll always be a small minority of people prone to being loud and obnoxious, while the vast majority of people quietly appreciate all that you do. I personally found no fault with anything you did and hope to see more jokes and lighthearted stuff like that. Keep up the good work, and don't let folks stop you having fun.
ReplyDeleteiT WAS NOT SMALL at all. This was concerning for people who value privacy and support this project. It was indeed blown out of proportion, but the key here is that furry porn is very immature and is real hard to objectively trust my privacy to people who do not separate their professional life with their private one. An apology was not necessary, but an acknowledgment on this issue was warranted.
Deleteyou'll figure out in few years why that pic is not even worth discussing...and how and why titus is ahole for not defending you. as for circumcision, you're right, but you live in society where that's mindlessly practiced. so you're guilty of exactly nothing, just as i predicted while watching titus' clip on "affair". don't worry about this internet foolishness...just notice how web sometimes amplifies crazy thoughts.
Deletegood luck!
Compared to indiscretions elsewhere, this was blown way out of proportion
ReplyDeleteI think it's a shame that people forget that you make it possible for people to use an excellent browser. Anyone who participates in a positive way and adds something helps - otherwise it's simply a blame game / trolling.
ReplyDeleteNever be discouraged by people who actually benefit from your work! I wish you strength for the new year and am just super grateful for Thorium!
In every area of life, there will always be toxic people, renegades from life or simply trolls, as human beings we can make mistakes and make mistakes. It's good that you continue with the project and correct your "mistakes", thanks for the hard work with Thorium :)
ReplyDeleteHi, can you sign the macOS binary please?
ReplyDeleteThe picture was quite nice haha but yeah the child stuff was sad. I'm still using thorium and I still support it as if nothing happened. Take care furry buddy <3 stay safe and healthy.
ReplyDeleteWhy was Thorium updated to M119 instead of the most recent version, M120?
ReplyDeleteDevelopment constraints, and so that it could be co-developed alongside the M119 windows 7 version.
DeleteI am going back to thorium after seeing this apology ! Can’t wait for m120
DeleteJust wanted to say I found the yiff image funny and I couldn't care about the bullshit about the specific directories on your website since they weren't publicly accessible anyway. Don't go by what reddit users say, they are the vocal minority and most of us just wanted you to continue with the project anyway.
ReplyDeleteGood to see you back!
Congratulations you've officially gone through your first "controversy" (if you can even call it that) which means you're in the big leagues now
Lol thanks
DeleteI think the project needs more contributors for the simple fact it is a browser. Browsers are huge work of code. Needs to be more eyes on the project. Sorry to hear about your illness and hope you recover soon. Keep your head up.
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It's been my default browser for several mos now and been happy as a little furry baby with it.
ReplyDeleteOnly became aware of the "controversy" on reddit past couple days. Many comments had that crazed knee jerk jump-to-conclusions tone you see everywhere all the gd time, which immediately triggered my spidey senses.
I kept going. Rational benefit of the doubt comments here and there among the screeching, accusations, pre-judgements, and hairs on fire.
Titus' caution video made some good points, fair enough. Finally I carefully read your incredibly well-composed tight blog entry.
Like WTAF dude. What's wrong with people lol? Stop. Think. Reserve judgement until you get ALL the facts 😡 Nah.. that's too tall an order. The internet will keep being the internet.
Whateverman.. chalk it up, many lessons learned. I have the same acquired taste risqué humor. We carefully limit it to our inner circle and move on. Bygones. I'm in asf, let's go 💪
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ReplyDeleteSorry to hear people were giving you shit for the links and easter egg image and threatening you. Your project is brilliant and you are clearly a talented dev. Keep up the good work, the vast majority of your users do not give af about your personal life and just want to keep using the great browser.
ReplyDeleteIt should be reddit who should be apologising. They promised me furry porn, I didn't even get nudes. Then they promised me CP, but nope, they couldn't deliver and I learned what "intactivist" means instead.
ReplyDelete/sarcasm (just in case).
I saw the image and couldn't care less. I heard of the backup site, and again since it is not part of the repo it was irrelevant.
Thanks for the great work. It's great to have this browser that, at lesat for me, really improves the experience in a laptop with a very modest and aging CPU.
I hope you are in better health now. Take care. And thanks again!
Thank you for the explanation. I have also promoted your browser in my telegram channel. Then I told people not to use it just because it was outdated and had no update for months.
ReplyDeleteCould you please provide regular updates this time? Really appreciate it. ❤️
Well, it was a learning experience for you and it is good you have seen it that way. Thorium is an excellent browser, my main one. Please keep up the good work (I use SSE linux builds).
ReplyDeleteThank you Alex for your work on the Thorium project, and also on the Chromium XP.
ReplyDeleteI think your apology is very professional and honest.
Personally I do also think the picture was funny and I am sure, you had no evil intentions with it. But I can totally understand the problems other people might have had with it.
Let's not let a good thing come a an unholy end. You learned from it, good. No need for any drama.
hey dude, thank you so much for this cool project! stay healthy and be happy!!!!
ReplyDeletei switched to thorium some time ago and i will be using it as long you keep working on it...
ReplyDeletehave you ever you considered to add the windows build of thorium to the chocolatey repository? i'd love that tbh ;)
ReplyDeleteI was probably the first person to find this easter egg when it was still on catgirl, maybe that's when you should have deleted it.
ReplyDeleteyup
DeleteAs a subscriber of CTT YouTube channel, I was (very) favorably impressed by the video posted originally, extolling Thorium's capabilities. As I've always considered that CTT content contained well rounded good advice, I was enthusiastic about trying the browser and was genuinely impressed with it. So much so that I've adopted it as my main browser. Regarding all the subsequent brouhaha involving minor indiscretions and misunderstandings, it seems to me to be all overblown misconceptions, completely unrelated to the project itself! So, if I can offer my two cents, it's good that you took the initiative to air all the confusing issues, and to declare your continuing commitment to the project. I'm still a Thorium user and intend to remain so, for the foreseeable future. Keep up your good work, I and many others will still keep appreciating and depending on your good efforts.
ReplyDeleteI really didn't care about all of this drama your work in Thorium definitely overshadow all of this.
ReplyDeletewill always follow your projects and continue to use Thorium.
Thank you.
The biggest crime you really are guilty of is "helping the lunatics." Lunatics who will connect to internet using EOL Windows versions instead of upgrading to newer versions of windows or using Linux. EOL versions of windows should be used in airgap environment. And nobody should help people continue their bad and risky habits.
ReplyDelete"Lunatic" is an overstatement. Some people use EOL just for experimental, research and other purposes other than general use. Having a browser that supports an old platform atleast reduces the risk of going to "odd" alternatives. And tbh It doesn't really matter. Who are you to care.
DeleteI am now adding the very same furry pic to my open source project in protest
ReplyDeleteI don't like furries or "yiff" or their weird cult like "communities" for that matter. I don't care if Alex likes these things that's his private thing, but way to go! It's not that big of an issue, he didn't anticipate the browser would grow a large user base like it did. Honest, simple mistakes like this can be forgiven and forgotten!
DeleteThank you for your honesty. I knew about Thorium from Tech Titus' "best browser" video, and I still agree that it's the best browser for my use. I will continue to use Thorium of course as I do now, and I hope you don't stop working on the project it has a lot of potential. A few months or years in the future when this browser blows up a second time, some people will start digging up this as a thorn of the past and create unnecessary drama about the browser being malicious, which of course (at least i really hope) isn't and will never be true. Let this comment be a testament to that.
ReplyDeleteThank you again Alex for how you handled this situation.
All the best,
A Thorium user
Alex313031, you're the best. Turn the page. Let's do great things. Let's make a dent to the universe.
ReplyDeleteFirst I want to say that I absolutely love Thorium. It is the best web browser and I've been telling people that and I think, from a technical and logistical point of view, that it should be the #1 web browser in the world. I thank you for the creation. That said, I think you made a huge unprofessional mistake. Not a small mistake. I personally don't care what you believe about anything and I'm not offended by pornography or something that might be interpreted as pornography. However, you have made a wonderful accomplishment in Thorium and I think the project should be put in the hands of someone, or a group, or a board of people who are able to act more professionally. Everyone is entitled to make a mistake, and I think you need to find a way to redeem yourself and your work. More than just making an apology I think you need to show a commitment that you can be trusted and find a way to stay involved with the development but not act as the sole entity. Surround yourself with some good people and rebuild the trust that I think you deserve. In the meantime, I am removing all of my installations of Thorium and won't be using it again until you've show that you are willing to take the necessary steps to be worthy of putting my data into your hands. Given the power that a web browser, no less the best web browser in the world has I hope you'll take my words with openness and interest. Again, thank you for creating Thorium and I hope that I can use it again in the future with the confidence that I'm dealing with a development group that I can trust in every respect.
ReplyDeleteWait until you find out about real problems in the world, your mind is gonna get blown.
DeleteEveryone is entitled to make a (one) mistake, but no one is allowed to be forgiven for it? And, by your own admission, you're now deliberately using a browser you consider *worse* (i.e., anything other than the best one) because you think the one you consider the *best* isn't good enough? That makes no sense. How can it be the best if it's less good than whatever you're using now? Get back to us when you come up with a protest method that makes any sense and impacts anyone but yourself…
DeleteDo you plan on updating ThoriumOS soon?
ReplyDeleteAlready out!
DeleteStill my default browser with (sexy furries or not).
ReplyDeleteAgreed
DeleteIndeed!
DeleteGreat work on the browser, thank you for making it! You have the right to your own thing, an Easter Egg is an Easter Egg, and will continue using and supporting Thorium!
ReplyDeleteDidnt know all about this until I saw the video from Chris Titus. I was about to remove Thorium in my computer actually. Glad to see your side. It wasnt that bad, you are young you'll learn. I will continue to use Thorium as my daily browser, keep it up!
ReplyDeleteEw.
ReplyDeleteKeep deviant predilections away from open source community projects. Shame is well placed. There ought not be any links from a project page to content even tangentially moralphobic.
Your "harassment" policy is fruit of the poisonous tree with inanely broad "offensive[ness]". It is intellectually dishonest.
Thorium is technically excellent. Continue developing in the privacy direction. Without privacy there can be no liberty. Without liberty and good purpose there is very little freedom.
Care to explain what's especially "deviant" or "moralphobic" (whatever that means) about furries or wanting to save innocent babies from being mutilated? Those are getting to be pretty mainstream even in the US now.
DeleteAnd I am usually wary of codes of conduct by default, but I haven't read Thorium's yet, so I'll reserve judgment on that.
Thanx for the awesome browser and detailed explanation of the situation. Keep it going, nice to see you back, just be more cautious in the future. If there are people picking on you, means you are doing the right thing ;) We need you and your project!!
ReplyDeleteHello mate from Mauritius. You have a fantastic project and not once did I listen to all those sheeps shouting CP.
ReplyDeleteThanks for making a really great and fast chromium fork.
the furry image is a really good one, facts aside, keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteThis issue was really glorified in my opinion, you should've been more professional but it really spiralled down the extreme way. The browser community really needed a clear insight into this matter to separate from the rumors. Thorium is a good browser, I adore this project
ReplyDeletefirst of all i hope you are well now also easter egg it was funny and this new one is even more funny as linux user i always read source code before downloading it but this browser found because of CTT and shame he vent on floorp now instead of this great browser but hey who i am to judge you keep this browser alive and i hope will grow even more now i must say as i have very slow internet connection your browser is most fastest to load pages and i dont think you are guilty of anything its good that you explain it why project was inactive and keep it up with good work feel free to do even more easter eggs its your project you can do what ever you want who hate it they can make fork always thats beatuy of open source you dint put anything illegal anyway btw sorry for my bad english isnt my main language and hers my joke i use arch btw :P
ReplyDeleteHe played around with Floorp for a week and went back to daily drive Thorium. I use floorp as main browser, I get it, it's feature full but it took me two days to set up the way I like. I keep thorium as a secondary "it just works"
DeleteThat was a nice easter egg if I may say so myself anonymously. 😁
ReplyDeleteIf people decide later on that they don't want their foreskin that's their choice. People shouldn't force that onto babies.
ReplyDeleteA lot of brainless NPC's in this comment section who refused to let Alex know why this was an issue. Blown out of proportion yes, but still worth addressing. No one cares about you liking furry porn, but your private life and professional life need to be separate. It is perfectly reasonable for the community to get concern about this because it shows lack of maturity and is a huge red flag as far as trust goes. Who is running this project? A passionate professional or an emotional man-child with a porn addition. Anyone who cares about privacy knows to take this small things seriously.
ReplyDeleteYou sound like you either quick scanned his blog up top or completely ignored it and jumped right into the comments.
DeleteBreathe, understand the whole story, then try again. If you can't do that, take it somewhere else.
This is the place where people have the "freedom" to say what they think. If we don't like what they think, or don't agree, it doesn't help to tell them to take it somewhere else. But you have the freedom to do that. It just seems like a double standard.
Delete> porn ADDITION
DeleteHmm 🧐 … technically correct.
bro i also loved your browser we all love thorium and just keep up the good work we are with you
ReplyDeleteloved the browser very much
ditched chrome after this
Apreciate the apology but i'm out of this project, I feel betrayed. Take care.
ReplyDeleteYou shouldn't have take down the Easter egg, you only given ammunition to bigots, this people never accept anything and want us death. If you make your mind just don't forget this: never fell shame on the behalf of others
ReplyDeleteFunny that you think furry porn is ok. You are obviously a degenerate and should be put in jail with the other furry porn fans out here
ReplyDeleteEastern egg is eastern egg, virtually nothing related to so called "professional".
ReplyDeleteThere's a dog picture in samsung phones' test menu, it's probably harder to find and not meant to be an easter egg, but still.
The "professional" they arguing is more like a joke, but the inappopriate content stands a point.
What does an eastern egg have to do with this Easter egg?
DeleteHonestly, I found the easteregg ages ago and it never bothered me. I still have 109 with the fridge one on my W7 machine, noice.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work and stay safe.
Was introduced to your browser via Chris Titus. Saw his second video on it and couldn't care less, plus it all seemed like everyone was jumping to conclusions. Absolutely loathe it when people do that. A good browser is a good browser, regardless of a person's personal interests, tastes or politics. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteThis is absurd. Furry yiff hentai? And it's a FEMALE? Not even a pp in frame? Shame.
ReplyDeleteThank you for all the hard work! Disregard any haters that don't do anything beneficial in their time, than to mess with others.
ReplyDeleteI am LOVINGGG this browser :)
ReplyDeletePlease continue buddy
I really don't get people making a big deal out of this. What operagx did was way worse. This is the best browser out there, I really hope it bounces back and continues to get updates. Best of luck to the dev, I hope he knows the community supports!
ReplyDeleteSo, Thorium is still the best browser?
ReplyDeleteIts still the best, nothing has changed.
DeleteIt's my default browser at the moment but I do have concern for not using the latest version of Chrome for the first time in my life. I hope nothing bites me in the ass.
DeleteI luv the browser!!
ReplyDeleteI HATE THIS BROWSER
DeleteMan that is just about the most tame image I have seen. A significant portion of my friends are furries so I've seen my fair share of content by proxy. I give 0 fucks, thank you for apologizing for your unprofessionalism as yes you should have taken it out when someone found it, keep up the good work, glad you're better and out of the hospital
ReplyDeleteThanks Alex, you rock
keep up the good work man, the little yiff easter is actually just overblown out of proportion. Kids actually seen worst on child friendly youtube nowadays.
ReplyDeletetbh the furry thing was funny, people are just too sensitive & easily get offended don't mind them.
ReplyDeleteI understand the anti child circumcision as well & I am glad you are against it.
Keep doing the awesome work.
Keep up the very fine work - Cancel culture multiplied by disregulated X(Twitter) is nowadays ruthless, misguided and even sometimes "fully pointless" .. Please keep up the very good work - Im (ADHD,) student - currently job-less .. but I plan to contribute to this project from the next money I earn - at least a bit. Please listen to the: "horns of mindless cancel culture".
ReplyDeleteHave a nice day (:
Hello! Much support and respect for the work you're doing on Thorium!
ReplyDeleteChris Titus Tech and others handled this poorly
ReplyDeleteYour browser is still to this day my day-to-day use, alongside with Floorp, good work
The drama was just straight up stupid and overexaggerated, the easter egg wasn't even in plain sight, why bother, jeez
I dont like stuff like that, nor anything similar, but, I despise exposures by exaggeration.
Thank you, for such an amazing browser Alex.
Honest mistakes happen! There will always be a very small, very hateful minority of people whenever these things happen. Just know that the vast majority of us are much kinder and reasonable :)
ReplyDeleteI really like the transparency and honesty from this post, the internet just really likes to blow things out of the water.
ReplyDeleteOMG, all this drama its from a bunny in panties? Playboy was doing it for 70 years.
ReplyDeleteGood browser and good Illustration.
None of them R serioius. It's all a big joke 2 them, like j00z pretending 2 think they R 'victims' while they mass murder bazillions of people = N E thing 2 feel 'morally' $uperior.
Deleteoh no furry porn! going to use lynx now! 🐒🐒
ReplyDeleteWell I cant read all that but i get the point it was a joke a bad one everyone does mistakes but we learn from them keep the good work we love the browser.
ReplyDeleteAnd one simple advice just separate your ideology and beliefs from work because they cant be successful together .
The way the whole story went is insane.. Yes, sure, the image may not have its place in the project, but it shouldn't have gotten as much hate.
ReplyDeleteIt's awful how quickly some people choose to mindlessly act instead of thinking through it.
Stay safe!
In my eyes ,if it matters, You may have done something weird but you haven't done anything wrong.
ReplyDeleteThe people shocked that furry people develop browsers should see who's working in the defense industry :D
ReplyDeleteI found the easter egg funny. I'll keep using thorium, if only because regular ungoogled chromium doesn't auto-update on windows.
Bro Thorium is the only browser that can run on my old office laptop without dragging the whole laptop down to a halt and crash.
ReplyDeleteThat's it for me, the only 2 things I need from a browser is that it doesn't hog the PC's scarce resources, and at the same time runs just like a normal Chrome (meaning I can add normal Chrome add ons/extensions).
Tbh idgaf about the furry and activism. I don't pay a dime anyway. But I'm sure for those ppl who care, you have sensible explanation (which honestly I didn't read your post at all, because idgaf). But you should be more careful from now on. It'd be a shame to lose this superb browser just because some snowflakes & Karens (who don't use the browser anyway) can't handle your quirks. These ppl are annoying asf, just ruining it for everyone.
Anyway, kudos man! Thanks for your hard work and just keep positive, you're doing great!
(But just tread carefully to avoid whining from those PC snowflakes)
Don't make excuses for dumbasses and liars. I miss the days of goatse when it was commonplace to go against societal expectations on the internet.
ReplyDeletewhich one of these do i need for my windows 11 laptop.? thorium_AVX2_mini_installer.exe 160MB , thorium_AVX_mini_installer.exe 159MB , thorium_SSE3_mini_installer.exe 160MB
ReplyDeleteWhichever one is the newest instruction set extension your CPU supports will presumably be fastest, I guess, but I presume an older-targeted build will still work on a newer CPU. AVX2 is newest (Intel: 2013, Haswell (Core/Xeon only) / AMD: 2015, Excavator), AVX is in the middle (Intel: 2011, Sandy Bridge / AMD: 2011, Bulldozer), and SSE3 is oldest (Intel: 2004, Prescott / AMD: 2005, Venice & San Diego) (source: Wikipedia). For all I know, Windows 11 probably only supports CPUs new enough to have AVX2 anyway.
DeleteYeah more of their #FullRetard tier sadistic 'code tribe' nonsnese = they don't even explain WTF 'SSE' variations even mean on the '(((GitHub)))' pages, which is 1 of the worse site designs ever BTW = very unclear how & where 2 download stuff =P It could B as simple as 'SSE2 is for old CPUs like blabla' & SSE blabla is 4 blabla = but no, we have 2 'do our own research' & 'just google' it because they can't B 'bothered' 2 write a couple lines 2 tell people what they actually need = which proves his goal is not 2 actually help people but just 2 promote his 'programming skills', same reason he WA$TES lots of time on random 'niche' OSes nobody will ever use, instead of something with literally BILLIONS of users like XP, which runs nearly every ATM machine on Earth & lots more people who need their computers 4 doing actual work, rather than goofing around with 'updates'. Those guys doing 'long wall mining' R not running 10 or whatever & hoping not 2 die randomly with everything freezing up while it 'downloads' or whatever = LOL!! From power plants 2 factories & all the rest, XP is & will remain popular. It's far from perfect but overall still the best OS so far ~> https://justpaste.it/36gmp
Delete"whining from those PC snowflakes" is my name, Grammor , typing & skills in NOT my game :) Question; how can i help you make the GREATEST BROWSER & Computer the world has ever seen. it would start with what you have enginnered =[ THOR ] and incorporates what Brax.me talks about in this video - " Incredible Dangers in Browsers (Affects all of them) " then somehow it could use the power of Ai to make the website - https://github.com/Alex313031/Thorium-Win/releases - have the ability to AUTOmagiclly detect what my laptop needs for the correct download to install THOR. i would really like to try THOR but which .exe or .zip file do i download & install.? Why cant the computers do ALL the computer type of work that they aRe good at & i'll keep doing ALL the carpentry & "Baby making" type of work that Over worked humans aRe good at.
ReplyDeleteP.S. i really like this comment box here. i dont have to log-in , create a loser user-name/ remember a password , join a cult , or any of the many more reasons i never leave comments on websites. this is so cool/great that i can just click, type & click 'PUBLISH' and Bingo-banggo its done and you can see what i wrote to you ,,, like a text message from an old friend. Why cant ALL websites have this easy to leave a comment.?
ReplyDeletequick man i got to go , Please tell me where should i go to communicate with you property about making the GREATEST web browser the world has ever seen. Safari Sucks little green apples.!!
ReplyDelete🎶this is a MAN'S WORLD , but it wouldnt be NOTHING without a great web browser & a Girl.🎶
ReplyDelete... or a Girl.🎶
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DeleteThorium is ???????
ReplyDeleteAfter seeing the picture, which was well hidden and not that bad I don't understand why people over react like that. If a child uses the browser and finds the picture argument doesn't work! A child should not be using an internet browser without an adult keeping an eye on what they do!! And the other stuff from the other site doesn't bother me. It wasnt publicly available and you had manually enter the direct link to get to it. Sure it wasn't best practice but you seem to understand that now. Keep on working on thorium! It still a great project!
ReplyDelete> If a child uses the browser and finds the picture[,] argument doesn't work!
DeleteI don't know why you'd try to argue with the child. What would you even argue about? Just tell them it's something some adults like, and maybe someday they'll find they like it too, and leave it at that. That'll satisfy whatever small curiosity they have, leaving only their "ew! never!" reaction, and they'll avoid looking at it again.
> A child should not be using an internet browser without an adult keeping an eye on what they do!!
Wrong. First, it's a web browser, not an internet browser. Second, children need independence to become adults, and they need to be trusted by the adults in their lives if they're to be able to trust those adults enough to come to them if something's wrong, such as if someone's bullying or predating them. Surveilling and restraining children only makes them sneaky, which makes them more dangerous to themselves (e.g., sneaking out and drinking in secret) and easier prey (because a predator can then offer them independence from their parents or something like that). Creating this kind of relationship between parent and child at a young age also results in a terrible parent–child relationship for life.
If you (meaning the person I'm replying to, or any other "you" who is reading) are a parent who has parented in such an authoritarian way, you're probably reacting with anger to what I'm saying, due to your natural psychological need to see yourself as a good parent. Once you recognize that, you can overcome it, and learn to actually be a good parent. It might not be too late to have a good, bidirectionally trusting relationship with your child.
I think the furry pic was funny. Things happen np :D hope ur doing better after the hospital visit! I live Thorium:D
ReplyDeleteFurry eh :) I didn't know about it but it's quite funny lol
ReplyDeletegoogle search engine which belongs to chrome owners is full of porn, a child can access porn with two clicks, those people accusing you are idiots, instead of complaining about google/bing/yandex search engines they complain about a hidden picture inside a browser used by few peoples. they did not want to stop you for the porn or anything else, they want to stop any attempt to keep win 7 alive... you are a genius don t feel bad for the stupid people.
ReplyDeleteno quarter for furs
ReplyDeleteYour work is good. Work of your or someone else's processors to build whole browser, for multiple systems, is good. I appreciate it. I am sorry that I can't send you huge bag of money as a donation.
ReplyDeleteAre you fervently religious?
ReplyDeleteAs a user of a low-resource PC, I want to thank you for your efforts. The other "stuff" is a learning experience that will fade over time. You're a talented guy, keep your head up!
ReplyDeletesh0rk722 you better shut down your computer now as it has access to way worse content then what this was.
ReplyDeleteI was very excited to have found out about this and mercury browser, only to now learn this! Man, why'd you have to do that, it's just weird and unnecessary. Will be uninstalling it from my daughters PC going forward. I'll still be using it, though my trust has definitely been broken. Easter eggs are usually be funny/cool, not weird porn...
ReplyDeleteU act like it's hard core p0rn or something = what a retard =)) It's just a CARTOON of some chix azz, nothing U can't see at any swiming pool or beach. Tell us next about your 'views' on Gaza =;-o
DeleteDon't worry, keep up the good work!😊👌
ReplyDeleteI consider myself a bit of a boomer and couldn't have found any of those images if my life had depended on it but wanted to weigh in here. My understanding from online and such is you're relative young, lower 20s and people make jokes. I imagine this was meant strictly as that but I truly hope you understand the gravity of the situation with, stretching a bit here, possibly disseminating P to C. Personally, reading this post and seeing the picture I found it hilarious but I'm old and the things people younger than me do is usually more entertaining than anything.
ReplyDeleteI pray that this situation doesn't haunt you as frankly, it shouldn't. Mob mentality will never go away and when people read and believe lies first; they would rather die than admit they were wrong. I couldn't possibly begin to understand any of the work you do with web browsers cause i just fix cars, however it is appreciated. I don't quite grasp the consequences of safety and privacy because it doesn't affect my world but the idea that you're making folks' worlds a little more secure should warrant far more goodwill than rage from this event.
Best of luck to you and yours. Hatred is a fickle thing in the way it weighs on the soul but an ounce of forgiveness is worth a mountain of hate.
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DeleteThanks for this project. Will be ditching be completely ditching OperaGX and use Thorium as my primary browser. I will still use chrome as a secondary due to their useful "Profiles" feature but this will be my daily driver from now on.
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ReplyDeleteThanx 2 all the #TriggerTards & other #FakeVictimOlympics clowns my 'ZuPurToob' browser will B XXX-Tra Hottt! =D iWill post a link on here iGez, among others. My comments & stuff R sur 2 B (((Cen$ored))) but they get around. 4 example a couple decades ago or so guys like Duke didn't even consider Russians 'white', but now everybody sounds like me = even the 'left', admitting nothing good ever comes frum j00z =) U all know it's true! =;-o
ReplyDeleteSo fuking stupid = bunch of 'releases' & nothing 4 running on XP, as if there R more Linux users than XP = LOL!! U R clearly insane =)) ~>
ReplyDeletehttps://github.com/Alex313031/Mercury/releases/tag/v.129.0.2
MyPal68 is useless for Youtube as video is 'skippy' =P How much 2 get a Mercury running on XP? Everything else U R doing is a waste of time, other than Thorium = should mod the latest v126 SP3 Supermium so single threaded & routes media through Direct X 2 eliminate horizontal tearing in XP =) U can reach me at 'balkanguy (at) live (dot) com' 4 $ if U want.
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