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0 pointsgspetr2y ago0 comments

>Firefox

Definitely not. It certainly no longer belongs in "the original vision of the internet" category. Not when it wants to be a part of evil forces seeking to police the internet.

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/we-need-more-than-deplat...

https://www.eutimes.net/2021/01/thousands-are-uninstalling-f...

https://reclaimthenet.org/firefox-maker-mozilla-calls-for-mo...

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clouddrover2y ago· 6 in thread

But Firefox protects you from advertising networks the best. uBlock Origin works best in Firefox:

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b...

Sounds like "the original vision of the internet" to me.

gspetrOP2y ago

I initially did not want to bring this up, but Firefox literally changed my default search engine from DuckDuckGo to Google after I updated it yesterday.

No opt-in, no user input, no warning, no nothing. Just shoved Google down the user's throat.

Do you know where Mozilla gets its money from?

guillermin2y ago

I don't think that was due to Mozilla pushing Google. I have Firefox configured with DuckDuckGo on all my devices and this has never happened to me on an update.

clouddrover2y ago

I update Firefox all the time and it doesn't change my default search engine. Now what?

Are you using Mozilla's Firefox builds or a Linux distribution's builds of Firefox?

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daynthelife2y ago

Better than all other major browsers != good

Since the only real competition is chromium, safari, and edge, the bar is astoundingly low.

rijoja2y ago

You mean the least worst?

clouddrover2y ago

No, I mean the best. Firefox provides features that uBlock Origin uses that other browsers don't provide.

zzzcsgo2y ago· 1 in thread

And blocking all extensions by default on Firefox mobile.... At least you can create an add-on collection to bring them back but Mozilla is evil nowadays.

clouddrover2y ago

Hrm: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2023/11/01/is-your-extension...

They're doing exactly the opposite of what you think they're doing.

rijoja2y ago

Thank you!

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