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Mozilla is Introducing 'Terms of Use' to Firefox | Also about to go into effect is an updated privacy notice (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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 iconic open source web browser.

This official Terms of Use will, Mozilla argues, offer users ‘more transparency’ over their ‘rights and permissions’ as they use Firefox to browse the information superhighway — as well well as Mozilla’s “rights” to help them do it, as this excerpt makes clear:

You give Mozilla all rights necessary to operate Firefox, including processing data as we describe in the Firefox Privacy Notice, as well as acting on your behalf to help you navigate the internet.

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.

Also about to go into effect is an updated privacy notice (aka privacy policy). This adds a crop of cushy caveats to cover the company’s planned AI chatbot integrations, cloud-based service features, and more ads and sponsored content on Firefox New Tab page.

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[–] Bogasse@lemmy.ml 39 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I've been willingly enabling data collection features for Mozilla but I guess that time is revolute, they don't feel trustworthy anymore.

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 41 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Wtf is happening, why is now even Firefox going off the rails?

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[–] theherk@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

This comment under the article gave me a chuckle.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 32 points 2 months ago (5 children)

So now what the hell do we have to use to not be spied upon?

[–] Bogasse@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Well I suppose LibreWolf (or some other de-branded Firefox) will become more mainstream. Similar to what chromium is to chrome 🤷

[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That's not a real equivalence.

Chromium is the basis for Google Chrome, while Librewolf is nothing more than a leech to Firefox. It's just Firefox, rebranded.

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[–] DominicJ@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Soon other web engine will coming, first LadyBird browser and two is Servo Browser. But they're still along way to go

[–] adub@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Am I missing something on Servo Browser? Because when I went to check it out and seems more like next-gen browser engine that looks to be an improvement on Firefox's Gecko. If so then we will need to wait for a browser team to adopt it.

[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Servo is also building a web browser UI.

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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

does this affect forks?

[–] reiterationstation@lemm.ee 35 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What the fuck?

[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Man all this makes me want to just use Links2 for everything and being a luddite. Complete with cabin in the woods. So frustrating.

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

There's a links2!?!?!?

[–] DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 67 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Good thing LibreWolf and other forks exist.

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