Mozilla is Introducing 'Terms of Use' to Firefox | Also about to go into effect is an updated privacy notice
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In the good/bad old days a web page was just text and images but now a browser is a platform for running software. Each website can do useful computing for the user but the software author is in control and always tempted to make it run for them at the expenve of the user.
Crazy idea, maybe we shouldn't use web browsers.
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This new policy doesn't apply to Firefox forks so you're better off with one of those
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They aren't developing or maintaining the core browser though, they depend on Firefox still being looked after.
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so in a similar vein: can the community reasonably maintain an up-to-date and secure gecko-based browser we can universally move to instead of firefox?
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Thorium certainly does https://thorium.rocks/
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Correct
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firefox-esr /usr/lib/firefox-esr/browser/features/[email protected]
firefox-esr /usr/lib/firefox-esr/browser/features/[email protected]
firefox-esr /usr/lib/firefox-esr/browser/features/[email protected]
firefox-esr /usr/lib/firefox-esr/browser/features/[email protected]
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If we are comparing it to Chrome, it is more like Ungoogled-Chromium.
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After Mozilla laid off all Servo developers in 2020, governance of the project was transferred to Linux Foundation Europe. Development work officially continues at the same GitHub repository with the project itself entirely volunteer driven.
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Ah yes, they're going to collect all those 0's /s
No, they're going to collect a "this person used the chatbot sidebar" if that person has telemetry enabled. That's it.
If something changes or comes to light, then I'll be worried, but this just seems like normal technical data they use to know what to prioritize.
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No it’s because Firefox isn’t profitable and to try to survive in its current form they have to do something.
It might be more productive to die and live on as an open source effort. I personally doubt there’s enough open source engagement to keep Firefox current and competitive but it’s of course an alternative Mozilla in its current form is unable to consider.
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as a glorified search engine, after pretty much all search indexes were neutered on purpose...but even then it's...mostly passable, but always untrustworthy.
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I stopped following Thorium when some questionable pics were discovered in its repo
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ladybird can't come fast enough
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There's never enough money to maintain the browser but there's always enough to dump more into executives pockets.
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You mean like Pale Moon
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Mozilla is a nonprofit (or it at least to should be, technically it's a for profit corporation that's wholly owned by a nonprofit foundation, shady asf).
They shouldn't be trying to make a profit, they should make enough money to pay their programmers to maintain the browser.
They should not be dumping money into more executive hires and AI bullshit like they are doing.
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I forgot that Pale Moon existed. How's development going on that these days? I see that it got an update a week ago.
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That would be getting right back in bed with Google, gross.
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i also hate it, but i see no one else putting the amount of work necessary to maintain an entire browser engine. and mozilla clearly wants to enshittify.
firefox has its days numbered. even if its still some time, we have to come up with something.
anyone up to date on how servo is doing rn, btw?
