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[–] axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe 34 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Firefox? Aren't they just getting anonymous telemetry and setting the default search engine to Google? I know they changed their TOS in the past but how are they selling data?

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Mozilla purchased an advertisement company and a fair chunk of the board of Mozilla are ex google.

[–] axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe 6 points 2 weeks ago

are firefox forks better for now?

[–] lime@feddit.nu 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

so they're not selling the data, they're using it internally.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Just like google and Facebook.

[–] brendansimms@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, they hold the user data (supposedly its all generic, non-personally identifiable, and they dont build user profiles) and then have advertisers pay them to push targeted ads based on that data. This is how the tech companies make boatloads of cash - force advertisers to pay for a subscription to use the user data for targeted ads.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 2 weeks ago

yeah except it still doesn't seem to work for mozilla...

[–] chunes@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think this git diff speaks for itself.

[–] hubobes@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

It isn't a beauty but no it does not speak for itself.

[–] cacti@ani.social 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah but you can harden firefox

[–] cacti@ani.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

It's much better to just use a hardened fork like LibreWolf or Mullvad Browser from the start.