Why do you use firefox?upload.wikimedia.orgimagecross-posted to: fosslinux@lemmy.mlasklemmy@lemmy.ml Vitaly ( @Vitaly@feddit.uk ) TechnologyEnglish • 1 year ago message-square50fedilinkarrow-up170
arrow-up170imageWhy do you use firefox?upload.wikimedia.org Vitaly ( @Vitaly@feddit.uk ) TechnologyEnglish • 1 year ago message-square50fedilinkcross-posted to: fosslinux@lemmy.mlasklemmy@lemmy.ml
minus-square apprehentice ( @apprehentice@lemmy.enchanted.social ) linkfedilinkEnglish26•1 year agoIt’s not Chrome or Chromium derived. Google has incentives to mine me for data. Mozilla, not so much. I don’t trust Mozilla completely, but I certainly trust them more than Google to have my best interest at heart.
minus-square jarfil ( @jarfil@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink1•1 year agoMozilla is mostly funded by Google: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-05-05/why-google-keeps-paying-mozilla-s-firefox-even-as-chrome-dominates
It’s not Chrome or Chromium derived. Google has incentives to mine me for data. Mozilla, not so much. I don’t trust Mozilla completely, but I certainly trust them more than Google to have my best interest at heart.
Mozilla is mostly funded by Google:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-05-05/why-google-keeps-paying-mozilla-s-firefox-even-as-chrome-dominates