Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not to panic
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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?
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I'm giving Waterfox a test drive and like it so far. No issues.
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On iOS, all browsers are Safari with a coat of paint.
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Chromium is bad only in your head. It's a fucking rendering engine with different incarnations. How can this be bad? And no, FF is not "the best", otherwise it wouldn't have the shitty market share it actually has.
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Nahhh, trust them, bro. People working on other things with the same product name as their company name were great people. That should be endorsement enough.
Wait. They have this 'open source' flag. If they wave it about - oooh, pretty - does that help?
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I’m pretty sure a $10 one time payment won’t pay for the costs of development that Firefox requires.
Open source only works when there are people motivated enough to maintain something for free or when the organization managing it has another source of income.
