Mozilla Introducing 'Terms of Use' to Firefox - OMG! Ubuntu
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Hot off the back of its recent leadership rejig, Mozilla has announced users of Firefox will soon be subject to a 'Terms of Use' policy — a first for the

From the new terms:

When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox.

  • pr0sp3kt@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    72·
    8 hours ago

    Guys, some of you here posted that you gonna switch to a fork. My question is: isn’t still the same problem? It seems the problem here is Mozilla, and Mozilla is the creator of Firefox and Gecko. So you suggesting switching to a fork at the end has the same problem that is using Gecko. I don’t think it is better than using a Chromium based browser. I mean you still using a Mozilla product. If you really want to avoid Mozilla you should be using Epiphany or wait for Ladybird. I am genuinely asking this because It is not clear enough for me.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      5 hours ago

      It is better than using Chromium, largely because of engine diversity. Mozilla still has a massive say in web standards, and for that I’ll continue using them until a better alternative comes out.

      Epiphany kinda sucks, and Ladybird isn’t a thing yet. So I’ll stick with Firefox and its forks until a legitimate challenger appears.

      • pr0sp3kt@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        5 hours ago

        I am still not convinced

        Mozilla still has a massive say in web standards

        I don’t know if we can say this with less than 3% of market share.

        until a better alternative comes out.

        I like Cromite a lot. Yeah, Brave has a lot of scandals, most of them because trying to make money however they can

        largely because of engine diversity.

        As an end user, I choose a browser looking for features I need.

        • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          4 hours ago

          Cromite

          That’s still Chromium though.

          As an end user, I choose a browser looking for features I need.

          Same, though engine diversity is also a huge factor. I actually used Opera until they abandoned their rendering engine, and then went back to Firefox.

          When Firefox doesn’t cut it, I use Brave with the crypto BS disabled. It has a great ad blocker and is just as good as other Chrome browsers at compatibility.