Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not to panic
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What are you using now?
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None of Librefox Waterfox or Ironfox are on Fdroid. So Fennec (aka: Firefox) is still the only FOSS option on Fdroid
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Yep, I have Chrome and its a better browser anyways /s
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I mean you could argue that them defaulting to Google search is already them selling your data. Google definitely pay them for that.
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What operating costs? You could argue there are development costs, but development is driven by the community. The only operating costs are forced stalking behavior.
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Just uncheck all telemetry and never use an account. Its open source so it should be verifiable that data collection is turned off.
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If this is not a parody, I implore you to at least…read the Wikipedia page?
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I’ve been “laid off” by a McKinsey sweep twice in my Silicon Valley career and both times the stated reason was basically for making working software instead of lying and scamming.
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Vs codium is a FOSS vs-code
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You’re a good friend
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Which jurisdictions? What kind of broad way? Give one example please. I dare you.
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Icecat's good too.
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In the US at least, the courts are seemingly bought out.
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Switched yesterday, feeling right at home so far.
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sorry i did try to pretend McKinsey doesn't exist. First I heard of them was pete butigieg.
Look, being gay and married is the most pro family values position conceivable
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I can't remember the details, but if I remember correctly, Firefox used to get a lot of cut from hosting Google's ad. But Google cut that deal and Firefox lost 90% of its revenue as a result. That's why I can't blame Firefox for doing what they are doing at the moment.
Us users want services for free but we can't have our cake and eat them in the current paradigm of the internet. That's why we have to think outside the box and I advocate for a publicly funded internet. It is the same model as NPR and BBC and that is why they have little to no ads unlike private broadcasters. The same principle should be applied to the Internet if we want to keep using it for free.
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browser is ??? you want that g chrome reaching down your throat?
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chrome is a better browser because it's compliant
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I installed Librewolf despite being a furry that loves foxes and it legit fixed every Firefox issue I had. But they were all local issues.
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Brave did have some bad habits (and i think still has) so personally i would not trust them with my data. You could look for a firefox based browser like Zen (the most beautyful of them all) or stick to any other privacy first chromium based like vivaldi or mullvad.
The general rule: the less features, the more privacy
And if features are needed there are addons
