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can’t I just have a fuckin web browser that I use to look at fuckin websites? not everything needs a god damn account. I’m so sick of it. like you can’t just sign in to a separate gmail account, you have to “add an account” Add to what? I don’t want it there permanently, I don’t want to keep any information about the account in the browser program, it’s a web based email account why can’t I just go to the website damn
Show me where it's required to create an account to use Firefox and I'll share in your outrage.
I’m not saying it is -- I’m just asking why you need an “account” and whether it’s a “Mozilla account” or a “Firefox account” doesn’t make a difference - why do you need it? it’s a web browser. has no one else been on the internet before the late 90s? didn’t have an “internet explorer account” or a “Netscape account” to deal with, I fuckin double clicked and went to stileproject.com or whatever. I’m mostly just shaking my fist at the clouds and I understand that.
To sync your bookmarks and saved passwords and stuff. Back in the netscape days you had a single device that could access the internet. The way you want to use a browser is still easily available to you. Yelling about a service you don't have to use in any way existing is just childish.