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Firefox now has Terms of Use! This'll go over like a lead balloon (infosec.exchange)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The more people who use blink, the greater Google's control over the standards. Web standards are voted on and controlled by the W3C, a group google is a part of. Google doesn't have ultimate power over this group, but it does have the largest web browser. It can use this to chose what technology is used by consumers, and having a lot of people using a technology gives it a much better chance of being elevated.

When it comes to extensions, relying on adblocking from your browser completely removes the community aspects of ublock, you are giving all that power to a single entity. And using user scripts instead of well established, and vetted, extensions sounds like a security nightmare.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 minutes ago

Agree with this, but sadly there isn't a way back. Gecko is a marginal engine with only few % in the market. The change to Gecko - Mozilla as Dominant in the market going to have occurred more than 15 years ago, instead of becoming Google's pet by signing a contract to be financed by Alphabet - Google. There are no corporations or relevant groups using Gecko browsers, Google wins the web, optimized for Chromium. The train has gone for Mozilla since time by own fault, selling their soul and independence. There isn't not longer a way to go against Google by avoiding Blink, now it's like trying to combat CocaCola, drinking instead Pepsi. At the end only count, which fits the best your needs.