Mozilla is on a great tear. Layoffs, pointless rebrand, and now a shit privacy greenwashing search engine partnership. I'm so excited for the future of Firefox.
this post was submitted on 17 Dec 2024
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Ecosia, the "green" search engine with AI chat. Perfect match for Firefox, the browser ever more integrated with AI technology.
I've just given up on Mozilla, using Cromite after a decade of Firefox/Fennec on desktop and mobile had been such an upgrade.
"Ecosia Chat is powered by OpenAI"
ffs
Id still trust/prefer a firefox based browser than something chromium based. Their are a lot of good firefox forks out their and it helps make googles stranglehold of web standards slower. I wish u luck one manifest v2 gets killed (ik its still supported for some forks of chromium but how long is that gonna last?)
There* are a lot
I wish (yo)u luck when*
ik it’s* still supported
I love grammar nazis they really add so much to the disscussion. Doing gods work.
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What do you mean by trusting? I trust Mozilla to increase the executives wages at the cost of everybody in the organisation. I trust that they'll incorporate more and more features I find unwanted. Privacy-wise I haven't trusted Mozilla since telemetry was opt-out. Security wise I haven't trusted any browser for decades.
Each to their own, I hope you're happy with your setup.
So u dont like group a whats ur solution? Start supporting group b who are way way way worse? Doesnt seem like the brightest idea to me ngl
No, my solution is ditching the entire overbloated web standards we have today and go the small web route where idealists can make useable software without being a giant organisation, targeted both by commercial and state interests.
But that's not going to happen any more than Mozilla will go back to being a decent org.
There are firefox forks same as their are chromium forks. Librewolf, mull, etc.
I've used both Mull and Iceraven on phone, Librewolf on desktop. I went back to stock FF and tweaked it on desktop because it was tuned differently than I wanted - Particularly when it came to dark mode support. On phone I always settled for Iceraven but it's miles behind chromium forks when it comes to tab management (ironically, FF is miles ahead when it comes to tab management on desktop).
Unfortunately it's more complex than that, because of the issue of the rendering engine. If Firefox-based browsers disappear, the W3C (which controls web standards, including questions of privacy) will be de-facto controlled by a cabal of corporations. The last voice that cares even slightly about our privacy will be gone.
Opt-out telemetry is bad, overpaid executives is bad. The alternative is worse.
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Someone should tell Mozilla about the AI-sized environmental concern in their browser?
* ETA: Ecosia doesn't mention privacy as a feature anywhere on its homepage. (I'm not counting the link to its unimpressive privacy policy.) They call themselves "Google, but greener", and I believe them.
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Wouldn't this upset Google? (who is the biggest revenue source for Mozilla)
Mozilla will probably lose (part of or all of, it's not clear yet) Google's funding following their monopoly case, so it's probably best for them to look for other revenue sources.
They could also stop all this nonsense crap projects they sink money in without any real benefit, and focus mainly on the browser. This would give the browser likely 500% more funding than it has right now.
Have one product, but make it a perfect product.
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