Switching back to Firefox

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You might want to keep looking for better friends. Firefox recently got busted tracking users without their consent
https://noyb.eu/en/firefox-tracks-you-privacy-preserving-feature
With a recent Firefox update, Mozilla seems to have taken a leaf out of Google’s playbook: without directly telling its users, the company has secretly enabled a so-called “Privacy Preserving Attribution” (PPA) feature. Similar to Google’s (failed) Privacy Sandbox, this turned the browser into a tracking tool for websites.
Edit: i am not saying that Firefox is bad. I just wouldn't call it a friend, let alone a best friend
- Well, when there's only really 2 friends available, and the other options are just those guys in different hats...
  
  That's the definition of browser monopoly
  
  Yeah it's a pretty shite situation all around. Will be interesting to follow the US DOJ ruling on the split-up of Google.
  
  WebKit: TheyDontKnow.jpg
  
  You don't know. Webkit is the older brother of Blink (the engine in Chrome). They're not different enough to count as separate.
  
  Fair point. I just thought the image of safari standing alone in a corner was a funny one. Since I never hear anyone complain about it, but I don’t see anyone stan it either.
  Edit: complaints other than it being the mandated engine for iOS.
  
  Meh. WebKit is Blink as much as it is KHTML. It’s also not controlled by Google.
- Y'all can downvote this person but they aren't necessarily wrong. Unfortunately, it seems you have to pick the poison you know in the browser space or take a risk with something else. And something else is usually just one of those original poisons wearing a different label. That said, there are some projects that tend to be of better form than others. Consider the Mullvad Browser and Librewolf. Those two are built on Firefox but are "fixed" enough to mitigate the crap Firefox has done. For Android, I believe Mull browser is the best one can get right now, it's like a mobile Arkenfox.
  
  The story is an overblown nothingburger and would make Firefox still the massively better choice. This is just agenda pushing at this point. But hey, keep using Chrome if you think they preserve your privacy and the web in a better way. No one is forcing you to use a Firefox based browser.
  
  I don't think there's any sense in overlooking flaws just because something is overall better. Firefox is the massively better choice if the goal is to avoid data collection. However, I don't think that means it's fair to let things slide so easily. A community that calls out its developers when they make a mistake can ultimately improve things, and prevents devs from saying "they won't understand and they won't care." Firefox isn't a total angel when it comes to data collection, I mean telemetry being opt-out instead of opt-in is a pretty big boon, even if it's not as bad as it is in other browsers. I'm not sure what agenda you believe is being pushed here, I never once suggested folks jump ship from Firefox to Chrome.
- What else are you going to use honestly. I use Librewolf but that still is Firefox based.
  It is funny to me that they call targeted advertising "privacy preserving"
  
  I'm not saying it is a bad choice. I just wouldn't call Firefox my best friend. That's all
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