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This is a link to a diff of Firefox where the FAQ are stored in a structured way. In the diff it can be seen that the question “Does Firefox sell your personal data?” has been removed:
{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "Does Firefox sell your personal data?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "Nope. Never have, never will. And we protect you from
many of the advertisers who do. Firefox products are designed
to protect your privacy. That’s a promise. "
}
},
People in the comments are asking if the definition of the word “neven” has been changed or what’s going on.
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The beginning of the end?
Trust is extremely fragile and fleeting. Looks like Mozilla dropped it on the ground and it shattered into million pieces. Oh well, it was nice while it lasted. So long and thanks for all the fish.
This is what happens when you spend millions a year to get a fucking MBA or a lawyer as your CEO.
Should we fire the CEO to keep the workers and advocacy as intact as possible now that Google might be pulling out finding? Nah, let’s do mass layoffs, enshittify a supposed non-profit and keep the mfs that put us here in the first place.
I keep seeing librewolf mentioned, so I’ve begun making the switch.
Is it possible to copy a profile over so sessions/tabs continue? Just curious. I am a tab hoarder.
Question for those in the know: does it make sense to use LibreWolf if you don’t want to operate in private browsing by default? In my primary browser, I want my logins and settings and browser history to persist.
I’ve always heard that as one of the big differentiating features of LibreWolf, but I’ve never really played around with it. Can you change those settings, and if you do, is it any different from stock Firefox at that point?
You can dial back security and privacy in LibreWolf until it matches stock Firefox if you want. Still worth switching since LibreWolf dispenses with all of Mozilla’s telemetry.
You can change that if you want
If you follow the instructions for backup/restore of your profile that should work.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles
TYVM, Doc!
I tried librewolf, the problem is that it is too strict to the point that some websites don’t function and I couldn’t for some reason make the extension symbol show up. So it need some configuration before you are able to use it functionaly compared to Firefox.
You can change the settings to be less strict. It is better to start strict and work backwards.
I already tried strict in Firefox many websites don’t work.
What a shitshow Mozilla has become.
Is there any way to actually have an effect of Firefox strategy? If they were a public company you could buy shares etc?
Usage statistics would be the only way tbh. No users means they would need to reconsider policies.
Nope, never* have, never* will.
* until stated otherwise
Well that sucks…
Here is someone trying to explain why they’re doing it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw-XYrMFb0A
Well shit. Guess I really have to ditch Mozilla. They make a great product and had a great mission - also generated a heap of revenue. But I guess why settle for good money when you could sell out your principles (and our data) in the pursuit of More Money🤦♂️
I don’t see AI being the big money maker they think it is
But I guess why settle for good money…
They’ve been almost completely reliant on money from Google for over a decade. It’s a tenuous situation and it’s entirely possible that this money will be gone when the Google antitrust lawsuit is done. If Mozilla loses that revenue then it’s basically game over for them.
We don’t have to like it but Mozilla needs a new way to be funded and the options are limited.
Funding wouldn’t be such an urgent matter were they not paying exorbitant salaries and bonuses out the ass to the people responsible for putting all their eggs into the Google basket in the first place, not to mention consultant fees to this that and the other.
Does anyone have suggestions for either an app or desktop browser that will work on an iPad?
All browsers on iOS devices are Safari
But they can still behave differently. Some stuff might not work on Safari, that Edge will open with no problems. Also, all the stuff that’s NOT the rendering engine can be something else than Safari.
Except that isn’t really the case unless the website is behaving differently do to the user agent. Apple prohibits any extensions or thing else like that.
What about browsers that removes ads - wouldn’t that be changing of the website?
probably just redefining what they mean by “personal data”
