from iamada@tech.lgbt to firefox@fedia.io on 28 Feb 2025 11:12
https://tech.lgbt/users/iamada/statuses/114081211872050523
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but to my understanding, @mozillaofficial has in a matter of days:
Added a disclaimer to give themselves a licence to anything entered into the browser:
"When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox." ref
Banned sexual content (porn)
"Upload, download, transmit, display, or grant access to content that includes graphic depictions of sexuality or violence," ref
Removed the disclaimer that they don't sell your data ref
Embraced web manifest v3 (which breaks ad-blockers) ref
It genuinely looks like they're actively violating their founding principles, purging any & all good-will for the sake of going for-profit..
WTF is going on?
#firefox #mozilla
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@iamada they're really expecting nobody to switch to chrome lmao
@iamada set aside any actually reasonable firefox alternatives
@amie chrome is still awful, but when "Edge" of all things start to seem like a more privacy respectful choice, it's just sad.
If they go through with this, Safari will seemingly be the best out of the major browsers in terms of privacy and consumer protections 🙃
@iamada FF codebase alts aside, w/re to Chromium based options have you tried "Ungoogled Chromium" or Iridium? Those are rather stripped down alternatives focused on privacy and performance.
Generally I rebuild Ungoogled with Widevine DRM support and H.264 (plus other codecs), then sideload any of the extension plugins I need via the usual script method as a post-build hook in the Makefile (on FreeBSD using latest ports, probably the same works in Linux and Mac). Doesn't take long on a decent modern workstation or build host. They're available in binary download, but compile time and LTO optimization is... fun?
non-exhaustive list of alternatives: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_browsers
@amie
@winterschon @iamada @amie Sorry if this is general knowledge but how does DuckDuckGo's browser compare for actual privacy? I see they're on F-Droid but I heard a rumour they might not live up to their promises