Introducing a terms of use and updated privacy notice for Firefox

Post by AnthonyMouse » Fri, Feb 28, 2025, 10:54 AM UTC

akimbostrawman wrote: post #546

AnthonyMouse wrote: post #478

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So: # apt install librewolf Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package librewolf If the thing that doesn't suck isn't the thing that comes with the OS, it's time to fix the OS. Also, that feature should exist. The next time I see a story about MS training ChatGPT on your nude selfies, I want to be able to show people the big red switch…

That is a distro problem not a software problem. Librewolf is available as a flatpak meaning on every Linux desktop distro. https://flathub.org/apps/io.gitlab.librewolf-community If you want to be pendantic again: apt -y install flatpak && flatpak install io.gitlab.librewolf-community

Post by tucnak » Fri, Feb 28, 2025, 10:55 AM UTC

t43562 wrote: post #528

tucnak wrote: post #453

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> Firefox has better memory usage At the cost of a subpar cache; it's not like Chromium is leaking memory, & its memory pressure effects are both well-studied and well-understood. Yet, Firefox stans keep touting lack of comprehensive caching as some kind of advantage. I'm sorry, this is not 2005. It took Mozilla two years to implement some kind of JIT pipelining, and guess what, Chromium had V8 all along: an engine t…

I think it's just as well not to have a monoculture (i.e. chomium-based-browsers). Just being different and capable of rendering websites makes the web a place where standards matter. It doesn't have to be noble to make this happen. Firefox is just standing in there like a marker - as long as there's AN alternative, there's a chance for ANOTHER alternative.

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Feb 28, 2025, 10:55 AM UTC

nico42 wrote: post #437

To Mozilla: if your intentions are indeed good as you claim in your post[1], then update the ToS accordingly. Chrome is removing µBlock origin, I and probably a lot of other users saw this as a good moment to promote Firefox to our relatives, you are missing a chance and alienating your user base here. [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-news/fi...

Post by vntok » Fri, Feb 28, 2025, 10:56 AM UTC

Sharlin wrote: post #430

scheeseman486 wrote: post #422

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> "Chrome works marginally better" Performance, compatibility, security. Chromium runs faster, it works with more websites, it's sandbox is better, particularly on Android. I don't care much about memory usage as I don't need a billion tabs open at once (does anyone). There's options available beyond Chrome that offer most of the same privacy benefits as Firefox does. I think marginal is an understatement. As for Moz…

> (does anyone) Oh yes. And you don't even need that many tabs open for Chrome to eat half of your RAM.

Post by bolognafairy » Fri, Feb 28, 2025, 10:58 AM UTC

misnome wrote: post #527

apalerwuss wrote: post #511

The problem I have with these kinds of hot-takes is that they often don't tell the full story, and it's seemingly for the purpose of generating rage. For some inexplicable reason, this guy truncates the paragraph from the Terms of Use, repackaging the information without a key part of the final sentence: "....to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox."…

> "....to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox." We weren't born yesterday, and companies pull this shit all the time. This sentence is meaningless. You could use this sentence to justify literally any behaviour. One _easy_ way to read this change: > "... to help you interact with online content" Selling your data to have more relevant ads could easi…