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Mozilla just ditched its privacy partner because its CEO is tied to data brokers (www.theverge.com)

submitted 8 months ago by bigfoot@lemm.ee to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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[–] ZeroCool@slrpnk.net 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

"Constantly" is a ridiculous exaggeration, it's rare and it's not some random nagging prompt or anything. It's tied to software updates wherein the list of default search engines Firefox suggests in preferences is also updated.

Why did my search engine change?

From time to time, Mozilla may update the list of search engines that are available in Firefox or set as default in specific regions. If your default search engine is changed, you'll receive a notification in Firefox so you can further customize your default search settings.

If you received a notification that your default search engine has changed after updating Firefox, you can keep the new default or set a search engine of your choice.

Source via support.mozilla.org

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It’s tied to software updates

Right, I've had updates 2x a week sometimes. Then it goes for a long time. I'm not complaining about the updates, just that I have to go through all of my settings every time.

[–] dRLY@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

I can't remember the last time I ever got that message before I installed the DDG extension a couple years ago. I think the extension overrides it, so I can't say for the past two years on my actual personal browser. However the only times I remember it offering to change it since I started using it in 03~04 has been when they really tried making sure people knew that the default could be changed (which might have been in some way tied to stuff like the EU making even OSes show options for browsers to install when first setting up). And the others were when they first changed to Yahoo and after the contract with Yahoo ended.

That all being said, I think it is good to maybe once a year to have like the first update of the year or first major update ask. As never being shown other options just keeps smaller or newer competition from even being seen. DDG is a bit of a weird one since I both heard of it from being a "tech" person and because they went hard in advertising. But when I found out about the "Bangs", it was fucking over. Being able to change search engines from the one I am using was game changing to me. And seeing that it is becoming a thing for other ones is very nice to see (Brave being the main one I also use).

That all being said. I think there has to be some bug if it is making you fix your settings that often.