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Mozilla flamed by Firefox fans after promises to not sell their data go up in smoke (www.theregister.com)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by s38b35M5@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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The answer to "what is Firefox?" on Mozilla's FAQ page about its browser used to read:

The Firefox Browser is the only major browser backed by a not-for-profit that doesn’t sell your personal data to advertisers while helping you protect your personal information.

Now it just says:

The Firefox Browser, the only major browser backed by a not-for-profit, helps you protect your personal information.

In other words, Mozilla is no longer willing to commit to not selling your personal data to advertisers.

A related change was also highlighted by mozilla.org commenter jkaelin, who linked direct to the source code for that FAQ page. To answer the question, "is Firefox free?" Moz used to say:

Yep! The Firefox Browser is free. Super free, actually. No hidden costs or anything. You don’t pay anything to use it, and we don’t sell your personal data.

Now it simply reads:

Yep! The Firefox Browser is free. Super free, actually. No hidden costs or anything. You don’t pay anything to use it.

Again, a pledge to not sell people's data has disappeared. Varma insisted this is the result of the fluid definition of “sell” in the context of data sharing and privacy.

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[-] grue@lemmy.world 127 points 1 month ago

We shouldn't have to do workarounds like that in the first place. It's getting to be like the Stockholm syndrome people have about Windows abuses. I didn't put up that shit, and I'm not gonna put up with this either.

[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 42 points 1 month ago

I'd be more worried about how long that flag is going to work. And how long is it going to take us to realize the flag isn't working.

[-] RejZoR@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

I'm running Linux and neither Waterfox or LibreWolf are present in repository of one of the most popular distros. Come on?!

[-] trhbd@scribe.disroot.org 5 points 1 month ago

huh? what linux distribution are you even using? also librewolf is available in the flathub repository

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

You aren't using the Flatpak?

[-] s38b35M5@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

If you are using a debian flavor, you can likely add extrepo that searches a central repo of repositories and can add them as needed.

sudo apt update && sudo apt install extrepo -y

sudo extrepo enable librewolf

sudo apt update && sudo apt install librewolf -y
[-] RejZoR@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Why always this Terminal bullshit? Why can't I just find it and click Install like a normal user and not like a fucking caveman?

[-] s38b35M5@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Which distro?

[-] trhbd@scribe.disroot.org 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

typing 2-3 words isnt something that abnormal users do. if installing something as basic as browser using CLI is hard for you, then youre better off not using computer at all. it literally takes less time and effort to open terminal and type few words (or just copy paste) and spam enter enter enter. you just need to change your perspective. downloading a deb/appimage/tar/whatever file or opening app store takes more time, clicks and effort.

edit : i use arch btw, installing librewolf seems easier on arch than debian. just type "yay librewolf" and spam enter key.

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