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Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  except firefox is also part of a problem

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  • Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Except it’s not, all the complaints about Firefox are moronic, none of them have any merit.
    Don’t fall for the false propaganda or morons who think they found a problem when they have no understanding of the underlying mechanisms.
    I’ve seen dozens of claims about bad things Mozilla does, and every time I investigate the issue, it turns out there is nothing there, or at most some sort of misunderstanding that is blown out of proportions.

    You can dislike Firefox as much as you want as a use case. But Firefox is still 100% above board with everything they do.

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    • CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Firefox will grow from a browser into a broader ecosystem of trusted software. Firefox will remain our anchor. It will evolve into a modern AI browser and support a portfolio of new and trusted software additions.

      a quote from Enthony Enzor-Demeo, the current CEO of Firefox.

      I like how you treat any rumors you don’t like as propaganda, implying ill intent, as well as call people morons for not trusting yet another corpo.

      I personally use firefox for now, because i’m too lazy to set up synchronization between devices myself in an opensource browser.

      The fact that they’re slightly better than their competitors is not a reason to fanboy over them and put a blind eye over their slow but steady shift towards enshittification.

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      • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Sure, blind loyalty is bad, but your characterization of Mozilla is either ignorant or disingenuous. From Wikipedia:

        The Mozilla Foundation will ultimately control the activities of the Mozilla Corporation and will retain its 100 percent ownership of the new subsidiary. Any profits made by the Mozilla Corporation will be invested back into the Mozilla project. There will be no shareholders, no stock options will be issued and no dividends will be paid. The Mozilla Corporation will not be floating on the stock market and it will be impossible for any company to take over or buy a stake in the subsidiary. The Mozilla Foundation will continue to own the Mozilla trademarks and other intellectual property and will license them to the Mozilla Corporation. The Foundation will also continue to govern the source code repository and control who is allowed to check in.

        This doesn’t mean that enshittification can’t happen, but Mozilla Corporation clearly has different pressures than most corporations.

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      • Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Again, propaganda against Firefox with no basis.
        What is your claim? That because it uses AI, it inherently bad?
        The AI functions implemented by Firefox are generally run locally.

        You show NOTHING, and yet you act like you made a point???

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      • ADTJ@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Whether you like it or not, some people want AI features and Firefox isn’t in a position to snub their users. At least they give you a choice of enabling/disabling that functionality

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    • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      they are generally completely non invasive.

      Does this mean that you usually always have great privacy?

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      • Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Absolutely.

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