Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not to panic
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Yep. It stinks. We'll see if it was just a fart and it'll go away or if they crapped and we'll have to jump ship.
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Maybe we should all throw some kind of support behind https://ladybird.org/ with an eye to the future.
That project isn’t problematic for some reason I haven’t heard about, is it?
(Problematic other than web browsers being gigantic pieces of software, and ladybrid itself not even being in alpha yet)
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So sad. I have used Firefox since 2006. Today I removed it for good from all of my devices. So long old friend. I cant wait for Ladybird to release.
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what is your current open source / FOSS alternative?
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but all of those taste better with free beer
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Ok so I don't have to change browsers?
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Ah, yep, def when they called it Firefox.
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COVID-denier, too.
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Hm. Reading further in the article and since its not the first no-no.. I have doubts.
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I haven't been presented with any Ts and C's. Do they apply if I already installed Firefox before this?
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Another decade and we'll be back inside libraries, let's stock up on epubs while we still have internet browsing.
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my other comment is here about the acting CEO of Mozilla, Laura Chambers and asking about potential connections to Musk and Thiel.
https://lemmy.world/comment/15382904
I just got an alert that I need to update my FF browser before March 14th. that's another date that keeps coming up.
March 14th is the
- date of the next government shutdown due to budget negotiations
- 53 days after trump took office (same amount of days it took Hitler to destroy German democracy before WW2
- date that a major root certificate ends on(what once was) one of the most privacy focused browsers that will break existing add-ons and potentially break/expose you online
- date of a total lunar eclipse (it perfectly frames the US in the middle, serious go look it up)
don't forget that the ides of march is march 15th, as well as March is named after Mars the God of War.
I'm no mystic, but symbolism is important to megalomaniacs.
anyone else know of other important technological or political events happening on March 14th?
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It's pi day, so I'll probably be eating a nice pie that day.
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How about asking for money? I'd gladly pay if they stripped out a bunch of the nonsense they do and focus on making a better browser. Or keep that crap and let me donate directly to Firefox development.
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They should clarify that then. Explain any and all situations that could be considered "selling user data" and explain what data that consists of. Then explain how to avoid it.
That shouldn't be hard.
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Maybe. I'll certainly check out alternatives, but I'm not panicking just yet. It's not hard to switch browsers, so I'll just test out options while seeing how things shake out.
