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Mozilla Introducing 'Terms of Use' to Firefox (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)

submitted 13 hours ago by farcaster to c/[email protected]

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From the new terms:

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.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Guys, some of you here posted that you gonna switch to a fork. My question is: isn't still the same problem? It seems the problem here is Mozilla, and Mozilla is the creator of Firefox and Gecko. So you suggesting switching to a fork at the end has the same problem that is using Gecko. I don't think it is better than using a Chromium based browser. I mean you still using a Mozilla product. If you really want to avoid Mozilla you should be using Epiphany or wait for Ladybird. I am genuinely asking this because It is not clear enough for me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It is better than using Chromium, largely because of engine diversity. Mozilla still has a massive say in web standards, and for that I'll continue using them until a better alternative comes out.

Epiphany kinda sucks, and Ladybird isn't a thing yet. So I'll stick with Firefox and its forks until a legitimate challenger appears.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

I am still not convinced

Mozilla still has a massive say in web standards

I don't know if we can say this with less than 3% of market share.

until a better alternative comes out.

I like Cromite a lot. Yeah, Brave has a lot of scandals, most of them because trying to make money however they can

largely because of engine diversity.

As an end user, I choose a browser looking for features I need.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Cromite

That's still Chromium though.

As an end user, I choose a browser looking for features I need.

Same, though engine diversity is also a huge factor. I actually used Opera until they abandoned their rendering engine, and then went back to Firefox.

When Firefox doesn't cut it, I use Brave with the crypto BS disabled. It has a great ad blocker and is just as good as other Chrome browsers at compatibility.