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If eventually some kind of payments would be possible, Forefox could transform into a kind of platform and bring completely new possibilities.
I really like this step, but I think this limitation is quite a shame: "You (or your company) must be based in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, or Singapore, because once the pilot ends, we can only accept payment from these countries" I've got two extensions which I'm really fond of: "I don't care about cookies" (1), and its paid version "No thanks" (2). The creator, D…
> By using it, you explicitly allow websites to do whatever they want with cookies they set on your computer (which they mostly do anyway, whether you allow them or not).
Taking GDPR into account, this seems wrong, since GDPR enforces opt-in, not opt-out. Therefore, a notification only gives you an opportunity to opt in and blocking the notification should leave the website with no permissions.
I really like this step, but I think this limitation is quite a shame: "You (or your company) must be based in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, or Singapore, because once the pilot ends, we can only accept payment from these countries" I've got two extensions which I'm really fond of: "I don't care about cookies" (1), and its paid version "No thanks" (2). The creator, D…
A bit of a tangent, but I noticed the developer says this on the website: > By using it, you explicitly allow websites to do whatever they want with cookies they set on your computer (which they mostly do anyway, whether you allow them or not). Taking GDPR into account, this seems wrong, since GDPR enforces opt-in, not opt-out. Therefore, a notification only gives you an opportunity to opt in and blocking the notific…
Sites like Facebook and Ghacks automatically opt you in if you start scrolling down, because they said they would do this in the banner they show. You didn't read it, because you were blocking it with the extension.
The dev is just trying to save himself from silly lawsuits.
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FYI, you don't need another extension for the 'Don't care about cookies' Go to the home page and click the 'AdBlock Plus' link to add to uBlock Origin - https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/ 1 less addon with access to all sites you visit. To remove cookie banners permanently on lesser known sites, follow this 30 second guide by the dev - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvCGWwQr5o
Yes, this addon looks like repackaging and selling someone others open source work. I'm really not sorry for that author.
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Mozilla gets a few hundred million from Google. This may sound like a lot to you but it's pocket change to Google. They spend way more on their own browser as well as getting "free labor from volunteers". There's a reason there's now so few independent browser engines.
A lot of it has to do with how much parties like Google have driven up the complexity of web standards.
We can't have it both ways.
Maybe a first step of turning the add-ons into a kind of paid app store? Worked well for some others ;-) If eventually some kind of payments would be possible, Forefox could transform into a kind of platform and bring completely new possibilities.
I really like this step, but I think this limitation is quite a shame: "You (or your company) must be based in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, or Singapore, because once the pilot ends, we can only accept payment from these countries" I've got two extensions which I'm really fond of: "I don't care about cookies" (1), and its paid version "No thanks" (2). The creator, D…
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Yes, this addon looks like repackaging and selling someone others open source work. I'm really not sorry for that author.
That's a pretty hefty statement that really needs more than just you thinking so, in my opinion.
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A lot of it has to do with how much parties like Google have driven up the complexity of web standards.
In the old days we used to complain about Microsoft for not keeping up with standards and holding the web back. We can't have it both ways.
But browser makers can pick and choose what they want to implement. And we end users can pick the browers we like.