This is a link to a diff of Firefox where the FAQ are stored in a structured way. In the diff it can be seen that the question “Does Firefox sell your personal data?” has been removed:
{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "Does Firefox sell your personal data?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "Nope. Never have, never will. And we protect you from
many of the advertisers who do. Firefox products are designed
to protect your privacy. That’s a promise. "
}
},
People in the comments are asking if the definition of the word “neven” has been changed or what’s going on.
Mozilla FakeSpot promises that the following “is Sold and/or Shared [with] Advertising partners”:
- “browsing history, search history”
- “Geolocation data”
- “a profile about a consumer”
Instead of aligning FakeSpot (which they bought in 2023) with their pro-privacy stance, it seems they are realigning their stance with their actual activity.
Brownie points for being honest, I guess.
Damn, time to look for new browsers
This is what happens when you spend millions a year to get a fucking MBA or a lawyer as your CEO.
Should we fire the CEO to keep the workers and advocacy as intact as possible now that Google might be pulling out finding? Nah, let’s do mass layoffs, enshittify a supposed non-profit and keep the mfs that put us here in the first place.
Well that sucks…
Nope, never* have, never* will.
* until stated otherwise
Here is someone trying to explain why they’re doing it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw-XYrMFb0A
Well shit. Guess I really have to ditch Mozilla. They make a great product and had a great mission - also generated a heap of revenue. But I guess why settle for good money when you could sell out your principles (and our data) in the pursuit of More Money🤦♂️
But I guess why settle for good money…
They’ve been almost completely reliant on money from Google for over a decade. It’s a tenuous situation and it’s entirely possible that this money will be gone when the Google antitrust lawsuit is done. If Mozilla loses that revenue then it’s basically game over for them.
We don’t have to like it but Mozilla needs a new way to be funded and the options are limited.
Funding wouldn’t be such an urgent matter were they not paying exorbitant salaries and bonuses out the ass to the people responsible for putting all their eggs into the Google basket in the first place, not to mention consultant fees to this that and the other.
I don’t see AI being the big money maker they think it is
Is there any way to actually have an effect of Firefox strategy? If they were a public company you could buy shares etc?
Usage statistics would be the only way tbh. No users means they would need to reconsider policies.
Does anyone have suggestions for either an app or desktop browser that will work on an iPad?
All browsers on iOS devices are Safari
But they can still behave differently. Some stuff might not work on Safari, that Edge will open with no problems. Also, all the stuff that’s NOT the rendering engine can be something else than Safari.
Except that isn’t really the case unless the website is behaving differently do to the user agent. Apple prohibits any extensions or thing else like that.
What about browsers that removes ads - wouldn’t that be changing of the website?
probably just redefining what they mean by “personal data”
What a shitshow Mozilla has become.