2mo ago

What's with all the hatred that Firefox has been getting lately?

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/7131235

Look at this chud video here.
It's just complaining about DEI, but why now? Apparently, Firefox has a "license" to all your data now. How much is that true? Is he just cherry-picking here, in this case? Librewolf or whatever it's called might be a better option. There's also Zen browser.
I got this in my YouTube feed and didn't know it was more anti-DEI slop and now I'm not sure what to believe. Wish they didn't have to make it so political like they accuse others of doing. Ah well. But what is this I hear about Firefox having a "license" to all your data?
I guess that's like a lot of browsers, tbh, but I suppose Firefox has higher standards, or did...

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It's because they removed the bit in their core promises about not selling your user data. They apparently sell generalised user trends, but not data for individual users. Legal was concerned that this would count as selling user data, which prompted the removal.
I understand and acknowledge the complaint, but personally I'm sticking with Firefox. I don't like the removal of that phrase much, but everyone is already tracking me. Without Mozilla, there would only be Chrome. But I will be watching this situation closely to see if things worsen.
- Yeah, I'll stick with Firefox as well.
  Is it perfect? No. But frankly, in this day and age, what is?

Use Librewolf, it's Firefox without the issues
- I'll consider that or Zen browser.
  
  I started using LibreWolf yesterday after the license change and it was a smooth transition. If you enable Firefox sync in it, which is disabled by default, then it'll just import your Firefox profile too. So, all your bookmarks, plugins, etc. get ported over.