Waterfox is a browser, obviously based on Firefox, but without default “junk” that Firefox comes with.
Don’t see many mentions to Waterfox at all in this community? Are there any specific reasons for it? Seems like a neat version of Firefox, with development based out of the UK.
- Worthwile blogpost on their independence and future updates: https://www.waterfox.net/blog/waterfox-in-2023/
- Project: https://www.waterfox.net
- Flathub: https://flathub.org/apps/net.waterfox.waterfox
I hate to break it to you but Mozilla, Google and Microsoft are all Advertising companies.
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Don’t discuss Geopolitics on Lemmy. It is a bad idea
Mozilla makes money from Firefox pocket and the sponsored part if the Firefox home screen. You can turn those off but it is still advertising
Maybe but it’s a far cry from Mozilla being an advertising company.
They aren’t even remotely close to companies like Google.
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Mozilla non profit and Mozilla company are different entities.
Also Lemmy tends to be extreme left and pro China and Russia. I don’t really like discussing politics on social media anyway so I tend to just ignore it.
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I just think the issues are often more complex than people see. People put up there blinders and refuse to see anything that might make them question there own views.
All big tech is. They got big for a reason. Though I find Mozilla much less of a thread than other corps like Google, Meta, Microsoft. Meta I find easy to block as none of their services are actually useful. Google is a tad bit harder, and Microshit creeps in on every spot and I don’t like it.
I think that is fair. However, you shouldn’t trust Mozilla more than any other company
Oh honey. Meta is still collecting your data, even if you never use their site.
But if you use a private browser and a VPN you’re probably OK.