You can though…? The account gives you some useful features if you want to use them, like syncing tabs and bookmarks across devices, and if you don’t want to use it, the browser still works normally.
Comment on Why we’re renaming ‘Firefox accounts’ to ‘Mozilla accounts’
fosiacat@lemmy.world 7 months ago
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
thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
leo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 7 months ago
That’s a whole lot of mad for something that won’t ever affect you unless you actively choose to engage in it.
fosiacat@lemmy.world 7 months ago
yeah, for sure
RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Show me where it’s required to create an account to use Firefox and I’ll share in your outrage.
fosiacat@lemmy.world 7 months ago
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.
dannoffs@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
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.