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Mozilla Introducing 'Terms of Use' to Firefox (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)

submitted 4 days ago by farcaster@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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From the new terms:

When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

aaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHH!!

FUCK!

[–] pr0sp3kt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Guys, some of you here posted that you gonna switch to a fork. My question is: isn't still the same problem? It seems the problem here is Mozilla, and Mozilla is the creator of Firefox and Gecko. So you suggesting switching to a fork at the end has the same problem that is using Gecko. I don't think it is better than using a Chromium based browser. I mean you still using a Mozilla product. If you really want to avoid Mozilla you should be using Epiphany or wait for Ladybird. I am genuinely asking this because It is not clear enough for me.

[–] azalty@jlai.lu 1 points 3 days ago

Fork the engine, don't fork the data collection

That's the reason people use Android... even though... yea they still fork the data collection anyways

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[–] Gloria@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

o7 Firefox. It was a good run.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 days ago

i'd say o7 Mozilla.

firefox can be forked and lives on, i guess

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[–] Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Assuming this refers to a new feature, how are they going to implement it? If the browser e.g. phones home, people would be able to spot the change in the source code and just create a fork?

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

Yes but that only works for geeks, so it is better than nothing but still a sad solution.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 6 points 3 days ago

Ohh look... CEO can fuck ur wife BC ToS says so right here 🤡

[–] Maxxie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm paying for a search engine subscription, do I have to pay for a browser too?

[–] mke@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago

Honestly, if it was actually economically viable and made all bullshit go away, I'd happily pay for a browser.

I don't think Mozilla could switch to that model without significant restructuring the likes of which they've little inventive to go for.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Time to start blocking all FF domains and IP addresses. Just like Facebook.

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