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Mozilla is removing "Does Firefox sell your personal data?" in anticpation of ToS change (github.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/firefox

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[–] 9tr6gyp3 91 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (16 children)

They add this line earlier in the code:

Firefox is independent and a part of the not-for-profit Mozilla, which fights for your online rights, keeps corporate powers in check and makes the internet accessible to everyone, everywhere. We believe the internet is for people, not profit. Unlike other companies, we don’t sell access to your data. You’re in control over who sees your search and browsing history. All that and exceptional performance too.

Seriously, do better and stop needlessly shaming Mozilla.

[edit] Read the replies to my message. There is good insight. Im probably very wrong here. Leaving my comment intact for context.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

    {% if switch('firefox-tou') %}
      <p>Firefox is independent and a part of the not-for-profit Mozilla, which fights for your online rights, keeps corporate powers in check and makes the internet accessible to everyone, everywhere. We believe the internet is for people, not profit. You’re in control over who sees your search and browsing history. All that and exceptional performance too.</p>
    {% else %}
      <p>Firefox is independent and a part of the not-for-profit Mozilla, which fights for your online rights, keeps corporate powers in check and makes the internet accessible to everyone, everywhere. We believe the internet is for people, not profit. Unlike other companies, we don’t sell access to your data. You’re in control over who sees your search and browsing history. All that and exceptional performance too.</p>
    {% endif %}

Top paragraph is what they're changing it to (behind a feature flag) and bottom is what it currently is. i.e. they are REMOVING the bit you marked in bold in your quote when the new ToS is active.

[–] 9tr6gyp3 6 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

My dude, its being changed to add an additional paragraph. It is not being removed.

[–] elbarto777 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

My dude, there is no "extra" paragraph in there. There is a conditional statement that says:

if (this_flag_is_set) {
  // [show this paragraph where we remove any mention of us not selling your data]
} else {
  // [show this paragraph where we mention that we don't sell your data]
}