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Firefox needs a 180° turn to full privacy out of the box. (connect.mozilla.org)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Pantherina@feddit.de to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Its the only thing making is a good choice, while people choose Brave, TorBrowser or Librewolf instead.

Come and join the discussion.

Firefox needs to have some courage. Get rid of all those fake funding by Ad companies. Block Ads and trackers by default. Actually. Dont use damn Google as that contract will run out anyways.

Chrome is the Google browser. Firefox simply offering nothing more (on the outside) than it.

What do you think? Do you use Firefox out of the Box? Or another browser?

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[–] mojo@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Did you just group Brave with LibreWolf and Tor Browser lol

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yup because they are all privacy hardened out of the Box.

[–] Kata1yst@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Can't agree with you on Brave. You're putting a lot of trust in a for profit company with no real transparency or accountability mechanism.

[–] jherazob@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago

And involved in crypto BS

[–] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago

LibreWolf and the Tor browser would not exist as they do today if Mozilla was not taking money from Google and DuckDuckGo and all those ad companies to develop Firefox as free open source software that could be forked by privacy-forward groups.

So sure, it would be nice if Mozilla made a privacy-focused Firefox version natively, but if a handful of concessions (that I can continue to turn off) are what it takes to have a performant, full-featured, modern FOSS web browser, I'll take that deal.

[–] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

360° turn?

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de -2 points 11 months ago

True. But lets stay at the content

[–] BananaTrifleViolin@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

Mozilla needs funding. By taking money from Google and DuckDuckGo specifically for search it allows Firefox to remain independent and the software it produces is underpins lots of other even more independent privacy respecting software.

The eco system around Firefox needs Firefox to survive. Unless a better funding source comes along Firefox would be in jeopardy. Having. Said that Thunderbird has been successfully turned around due to a well run community pursuing donations and volunteers.

It would also be good if countries stumped up some of the funding Mozilla and other crucial open source projects like Linux need, to maintain a strong software ecosystem. Similar to how many European countries fund national broadcasters to maintain media diversity.

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@kbin.social 0 points 11 months ago

The problem I see is that if they get too idealistic/absolutist, they will end up just like those examples you mentioned (Brave, TorBrowser, Librewolf); less successful.