Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not to panic
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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.
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I'd gladly pay if they stripped out a bunch of the nonsense
I donate to FOSS often, but I dont have a ton of money. Most will donate nothing, and that is fine part of this is altruistic, but I think its easy to forget that donations only go so far. A web browser is also a very big project and will need a lot more funds too.
It does not help that Mozilla is in a odd situation on what they can do to raise funds and not move away from their core mission.
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Yeah, these guys were early participants in the browser wars. They aren't your friends.
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There are no alternative browsers out there. Our situation has came down to choose one of the least evil out there.
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In 1900 on March 14th the Gold Standard Act was ratified in America, forcing the dollar to be redeemable by the Treasury on demand for a fixed value in gold. It was abandoned in 1933 during the Great Depression (which really was not all that great from what I've read).
In 1943 Kraków Ghetto ceased to have prisoners. Less great than that depression.
1964 Jack Ruby was convicted of assassinating JFK.
1879 Einstein's birthday.
1883 Karl Marx's death.
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It's just Firefox but you trust some nerds they've weeded all of Mozilla out. It comes with ublock origin installed and a simple searchbar homepage. It's great because Firefox is great and the nerds who added value by stripping bullshit did a good job, but if Putin replaced them with some blyat and pushed an update I'm not sure I'd notice on time.
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Mmmm, pie. It's better than cake.
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Jump ship to what? It seems like going to Tor browser full time might be the answer?
I'm just not sure what the steps are from Librewolf to More private.
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I don't know about you but I fulfill all my e-commerce needs with Offpunk.
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It's actually not watercolor, I'm just old and I don't wear sunscreen
take care of your ink, kids -
Across every country they operate in, and if anyone in those countries disagrees they might sue?
Not saying Im supporting FF here but it's not as easy as you might think if their stated reason is honest
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God, I love what people manage to create
I also love that any time someone asks if (tool) exists in non-evil form and someone says "no, not really" that you can almost guarantee someone will show up with a CLI solution that nobody wants to use because it's a CLI solution
