Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not to panic
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Ah, thanks for the clarification. I was under the impression it didn't call out to mozilla servers if you didn't enable sync.
I guess Mullvad would be the next popular browser yeah?
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afaict Mullvad browser doesn't support plugins which - it does some adblock by default (more ifyou have the VPN) and so on but i gots to have my DarkViewer so it's a sometimes browser for me atm.
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Isn't Librewolf tied to Firefox' TOS?
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It's because it's hard to maintain a browser. There's lots of protocols and engines and other moving pieces; I remember when web pages would render in Netscape but not Internet Explorer, for example.
We take for granted how seamless and ubiquitous the internet is, but there were lots of headaches as internet devs decided to adopt or include different users (or not).
And now, it would take a lot of effort and market upset to convince the capitalist overlords to include something new in their dev stack. The barrier to entry is monumentally high, so most people don't bother to try inventing something better.
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Ive seen a few foss options but they generally lack certain features alot of people have gotten used to either because they cant implement them or it was committed for privacy/resource reasons.
So it becomes a balance of features vs privacy and right now fire fox has been a good enough balance there hasn't been enough backing for a "good" feature rich foss that less computer adept users can easily install and migrate to.
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Depending on how the requirement to accept the ToS is implemented, a config file might be able to disable it and any features that depend on it.
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There’s also Servo by the Linux Foundation and Ladybird.
These are actual different browsers and engines all together compared to FF spin-offs.
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Ironfox for Android?
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I'm excited for these to mature but they are still developing and would not recommend them for regular use
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Too new to recommend, IMO.
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It does work with Firefox plugins, there just isn't a button to open the extension "store" in the extensions settings page like stock Firefox has. You can add them by manually going to the url though, it's just recommended that you don't since that increases your risk of adding a malicious plugin or being fingerprinted, etc. I still added a few plugins that I really dislike not having though, like a password manager and darkreader, just because I valued the convenience slightly more than the added security.
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Nice, thanks!
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I don't know why they haven't floated the idea of some kind of subscription or one-time payment (though a subscription might be just as infuriating). I'm not above paying for software and if it was a reasonable price, say $10 one-time, I'd much prefer that over it becoming the new Chrome.
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Also Zen Browser
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Since we strive for transparency, and the LEGAL definition of “sale of data” is extremely broad in some places, we’ve had to step back from making the definitive statements you know and love. We still put a lot of work into making sure that the data that we share with our partners (which we need to do to make Firefox commercially viable)
So in other words we sell your data and get paid for it, and some countries won't let us lie about it.
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Mozilla needs to understand that I don't want it to have my data to sell or not in the first place.
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Anyone recommend an iOS alternative?
