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Using a Firefox fork makes any difference? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Well, Mozilla seems to be making some pretty questionable decisions, So I'm considering switching browsers for the third (Is it the third?) time. The thing is, I really like the way Firefox works, so I've been trying out the more famous Forks like Waterfox and Librewolf, although I'm going for Floorp. However, I'm wondering: is using a fork enough? I mean, they are Forks maintained by other people, but is there a chance that whatever Mozilla does to Firefox could affect those Forks? Should I jump to a totally different browser like Vivaldi?

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[–] [email protected] 105 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (22 children)

Mozilla isn't doing anything to Firefox. The Anonym purchase you linked to was literally to acquire a technology they developed which would, if implemented web-wide, end the dystopian nightmare of privacy invasion that is the current paradigm where a few dozen large companies track everything everyone does on the internet all the time. "Privacy preserving" isn't just a buzzword in that article - privacy is actually preserved, and the companies involved (including Mozilla) learn nothing at all about you - not your name, not an "anonymous" identifier, not your behavior, nothing. Moreso, Anonym didn't just create this technology, the entire company was purpose-founded to create this technology.

There's a lot of misinformation floating around about Mozilla in particular at the moment. Very little of the animosity they receive is truly deserved once you dig past the narrative and find out what Mozilla's actually up to, and why.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (8 children)

I don’t give a fuck about ads. And so should my browser.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Then your browser will have no money to develop itself.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I am donating regularly to Firefox and Thunderbird. It’s a myth that software can only exist through ads and tracking.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Somehow I doubt you're giving them as much as Google is. I despise ads but the current market realities mean that developing and maintaining a browser engine is not feasible without corporation-level resources.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, we‘ll never know as Mozilla has never tried to create user financed software since Netscape Navigatior Gold, IIRC.