Firefox is just another US-corporate product with an ‘open source’ sticker on it.
Their version 128 update has auto checked a new little privacy breach setting.
If you still use a corporate browser, at least do some safety version! We mainly use @librewolf based on firefox. (yes, we know, a stable european or even non-US browser is still considered ‘futuristic’ in europe)
- als ( @als@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) Akan5•2 months ago
Another reminder that the Mozilla Foundation has no members and is controlled wholly by the board of directors for the Mozilla corp. https://hacktivis.me/articles/mozilla-foundation-has-no-members
- Camille lives at Praxis Now ( @camille@social.praxis.nyc ) 0•2 months ago
@als
Foundations are not membership organizations. They are fiduciaries for funds that may award money to membership organizations.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_(nonprofit)- Camille lives at Praxis Now ( @camille@social.praxis.nyc ) 1•2 months ago
- Dragon-sided D ( @dragonsidedd@sciencemastodon.com ) 3•2 months ago
@Lokjo @librewolf
Today I completed my daily driver transition to #LibreWolf ; this thread was the catalyst.I love love LOVE the idea of a simply stripped-down, un-f–ked #FireFox
I love that it was able to use Sync and pull all my saved stuff directly from mozilla.
My only complaint is that LibreWolf demands to be pro-bono libre volunteers; they won’t shut up and take my money!
I still contribute monthly to FF; I pretend it’s to fund upstream development.
- Realitaetsverlust ( @Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip ) English3•2 months ago
Does librewolf have something similar to Firefox sync? I use plenty of devices and having (most of) my settings and addons sync automatically is a pretty handy feature.
- ReversalHatchery ( @ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org ) English4•2 months ago
It has sync, but you need to enable it. It’s in the settings, on the special librewolf page
- Maurizio Carnago ( @mauriziocarnago@mastodon.uno ) 1•2 months ago
@Realitaetsverlust you can enable Firefox sync: https://librewolf.net/docs/settings/?enable-firefox-sync
@Lokjo- Realitaetsverlust ( @Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip ) English2•2 months ago
Daaamn you can even selfhost it, thats awesome. Thanks a lot. Guess I’ll be switching soon.
Not sure, maybe @librewolf can answer that?
- Jonathan Sadow ( @jsadow@c18.masto.host ) 3•2 months ago
@Lokjo What non-corporate browser is better than Librewolf?
- davel [he/him] ( @davel@lemmy.ml ) English2•2 months ago
jwz* last month: Mozilla is an advertising company now
This seems completely normal and cool and not troublesome in any way.
Mozilla has acquired Anonym, a [blah blah blah] raise the bar for the advertising industry [blah blah blah] while delivering effective advertising solutions. […]
Anonym was founded with two core beliefs: [blah blah blah] and second, that digital advertising is critical for the sustainability of free content, services and experiences. […]
As we integrate Anonym into the Mozilla family, we are excited about the possibilities this partnership brings. While Anonym will continue to serve its customer base, together, we are poised to lead the industry toward a future where privacy and effective advertising go hand in hand, supporting a free and open internet.
Anonym was founded in 2022 by former Facebook executives Brad Smallwood and Graham Mudd. The company was backed by Griffin Gaming Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, Heracles Capital as well as a number of strategic individual investors.
Now hear me out, but What If…? browser development was in the hands of some kind of nonprofit organization?
Oh wait.
- Baum ( @baum@todon.nl ) 2•2 months ago
@Lokjo thanks for pointing this out.
You’re welcome!
- mray ( @mray@social.tchncs.de ) 1•2 months ago
@Lokjo @librewolf prior to the version 128 update looked for this and found a related option that was DISABLED for some reason:
“[_] Tell websites not to sell or share my data.”
How is THAT a default?! Because I certainly would agree to that any time of the day.
- Christian Pietsch 🍑 ( @christian@suma-ev.social ) 1•2 months ago
I love @librewolf!
Please explain why you think #privacyPreservingAttribution is a bad thing! I am collecting pros and cons here:
https://suma-ev.social/@christian/112761712837712799- Jan Penfrat ( @ilumium@eupolicy.social ) 1•2 months ago
@christian @Lokjo @librewolf I’ve gotten a couple of important queues here: https://eupolicy.social/@ilumium/112778385440232581
- dodothedev🦤💻 ( @DodoTheDev@front-end.social ) 1•2 months ago
@Lokjo @librewolf @aral
Looks to me like it’s time to move back to @Vivaldi who have at least been very transparent when it comes to (recent) privacy settings.- Aral Balkan ( @aral@mastodon.ar.al ) 1•2 months ago
@DodoTheDev @Lokjo @librewolf @Vivaldi Yeah, although I just read that they’re using the manipulative “Maybe later” pattern in at least one of their dialogs so that would be a good thing to fix for the future (I’m using Vivaldi too as my default browser.)
The opposite of “Yes” is “No”, not “Maybe later.”