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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I don't believe it was ever called 'private mode', or am I wrong on this?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Private Browsing, for browsing private parts.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Private Browsing, at your service 🫡

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Private Mode is on Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Safari and Brave also both call it a private window

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Internet Explorer also called it "InPrivate".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

And Edge still does.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

private browsing term appears in desktop and Android. Apple also uses the term.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

On Firefox it's called Private mode, on Edge it's called InPrivate mode.