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I hope they explain further. Honestly I don’t think the “oh crap I need to know if it’s good or bad right now!” camp is really going to care, but it still feels a little uncomfortable. (As opposed to the “this could be either way, I don’t have enough evidence to decide right now, and I’m ok with holding that uncertainty in my brain until new evidence moves my needle” camp)
Are forked builds possible with third party service references neutered?
Look up browser called Ladybug. It is not based on either WebKit or Chromium.
It's not ready yet but it's coming.
Mozilla's fans ready to take the pitchforks whenever other Corps. have miniscule missteps are strangely silent today.
You cant go back on never have never will without breaking the law. We need to get these ai tech bros out of these companies if we want them to remain good.
Made the switch to Fennec and IceRaven on Android, and Zen on my Linux desktop, which also has Windows and Mac versions. Sure, they're forks of Firefox, but they are not subject to the same TOS. I used to use LibreWolf on my desktop but ended up having too many issues with it. Lots of crashing and instablility that regular Firefox just didn't have.
Another great tool for unGoogled Android users is FFUpdater. It will handle updating of many open source (not just Firefox-based) browsers. You could also use something like Obtanium for something less browser-specific.
That condition is a despotic red-flag deal-breaker that should be countered with epic abandonment. Let them know this is not OK. If I hadn't uninstalled it years ago, I would have already. Lots of better browsers out there.
Have any of you FUD shoveling geniuses considered that this is because Firefox uses encrypted DNS by default?
The ToU is in Mozilla's Bedrock repo, but I don't quite know what that repo does. I'm curious if Firefox forks would still be subject to it.
What's the best alternative in* apt now?
What do you mean? Firefox alternatives in Debian/Debian-based repos? Or just an alternative for apt in general (in which case, I think you've replied to the wrong post)?
Yes, I'm asking for the best Firefox alternative thats available on Debian or debian-based distos. Only considering packages in the official Debian apt repos
I know you only want software from the official repos, but it's really simple to add the LibreWolf repo and use that.
Other than that, there's not really much in the way of Firefox forks in the official repos. I believe the Debian builds have their own configurations as well, but I'm not certain. You could use other browsers (Falkon, GNOME Web, etc.), but they're severely lacking in features.
Off-topic, LibreWolf uses the extrepo package to add their repo which is a great third party repo management program for Debian. It's curated by maintainers of official Debian packages and has selection of other third party repos for some popular software that either doesn't make it into the official repos for whatever reason or aren't kept super updated in Debian Stable.
That and it's so much easier than adding signing keys, messing with sources lists, etc. I wish more software used it, honestly, but the maintainers know what they're doing.
also
Update at 10:20 pm ET: Mozilla has since announced a change to the license language to address user complaints. It now says, "You give Mozilla the rights necessary to operate Firefox. This includes processing your data as we describe in the Firefox Privacy Notice. It also includes a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license for the purpose of doing as you request with the content you input in Firefox. This does not give Mozilla any ownership in that content."
Mozilla may also receive location-related keywords from your search (such as when you search for "Boston") and share this with our partners to provide recommended and sponsored content. Where this occurs, Mozilla cannot associate the keyword search with an individual user once the search suggestion has been served and partners are never able to associate search suggestions with an individual user. You can remove this functionality at any time by turning off Sponsored Suggestions—more information on how to do this is available in the relevant Firefox Support page.
So, turn off Sponsored Suggestions and you're (probably) good to go.
Good they rolled it back. Feels a bit like go for what you want and see how folks react, then have a plan for rolling it back.
Maybe the should replace their CEO wit AI:
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/consider-the-following-you-are-SHB99o4pQHCsG_BgZrbTLw#0
“Never” - You keep using that word. I’m not sure it means what you think it does.