I don't get how something is allowed to be labeled "free" when the terms of usage make you barter your data.
this post was submitted on 28 Feb 2025
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I remember a time when Google wrote "Don't be evil" all over their stuff.....
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I'm about to get my tattoo removed wtf
Just get "RIP" tattooed under it.
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They can't just promise they "never will" and then get rid of it. People who used the service under the original agreement should still be able to claim that benefit since it was promising to never sell it.
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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promises don't count if you delete them. everyone knows that
That clarification is not making me calm
I mean you could argue that them defaulting to Google search is already them selling your data. Google definitely pay them for that.
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I use brave and librewolf, anybody know if those are still safe from this dort of thing? (Probably not I guess, so what browsers are left?)
Librewolf is privacy-hardened so it's probably the best option. Brave is Chromium-based. Realistically though, all web browsers come with compromises, and internet anonymity is virtually impossible without unrealistic amounts of effort.
Someone earlier said that brave was based on chrome and when google blocked ublock origin on Chrome, it would stop working on brave too.
People don't like Brave because they believe it's a crypto scam, and the CEO is a douchebag. But Brave has said they'll continue to support extensions regardless of Google's change.
Don't forget the CEO's worst crime: he's the inventor of javascript
Clearly not someone you can trust.
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Mozilla is trying to increase their revenue by doing everything other than improving Firefox
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I haven't been presented with any Ts and C's. Do they apply if I already installed Firefox before this?
Gahhhh this is horrible
I spent some time switching to Librewolf this morning but at the end of the day, it having Firefox as the upstream means it’s all fragile and tenuous anyway
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Son of a bitch I just got back into Firefox.
Get in loser, we’re going to librewolf apparently. Fuck me I’ve reached the age of seeing all the things I like die. I don’t even remember a time I didn’t use Firefox. God damn it
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~~Don’t~~ be evil
please pay me if you want to sell my data. At the end of the day I am a business and need to cover operating cost.
Is there an open source tool to generate fake user activity data for Firefox to consume?