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Me: Please don't use Chromium-based browsers, use Firefox instead. Google has way too much control over the web because of Chromium and they'll be sure to leverage that in order to benefit themselves.
Chromium: Hey all, we're getting rid of ad-blockers because it's cutting into our record-breaking revenue! I mean, uh, we're deprecating Manifest V2 for, uh, security. Yeah.
Me: See? Please use Firefox. 
Mozilla: Hey friends, AI is really cool! *steps on rake* Hey friends, we're making an ads business! *steps on rake* Hey friends, we have a ToS with either the most nefarious or the most incompetent language ever! *steps on rake* Also AI is cool!!!
Me: ... 
I hate it here.
Mozilla hält an Manifest V2 fest
linuxnews.de/mozilla-haelt-an-… #firefox #mozilla #manifestv3 #linux #opensource
https://lifehacker.com/tech/why-you-should-disable-firefox-privacy-preserving-ad-measurements
https://blog.zgp.org/turn-off-advertising-features-in-firefox/
Firefox for Android info:
https://exquisite.social/@thomholwerda/112795429303595558
In case you're using Firefox on mobile - so myself and like four others - disabling Firefox' new Facebook data collection feature is quite a bit harder than on desktop, but it can be done:
- Go to
chrome://geckoview/content/config.xhtml- Use the search field to find the entry for
aboutConfigand enable it- Go to
about:config- Search for
dom.private-attribution.submission.enabledand set it to falseDone. This only works on Android, because Firefox on iOS is just a Safari skin.
Firefox's New 'Privacy' Feature Actually Gives Your Data to Advertisers
Firefox 128 enables a feature that wants to fix ad tracking, but there are some concerns.Pranay Parab (Lifehacker)
O nowej strategii Mozilli i pułapce entuzjastów mówi @Techaltar w najnowszym filmie który polecam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw-XYrMFb0A
How Mozilla lost the Internet (& what's next)
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Mozilla bought the Android email app K-9 (which didn’t include any trackers) and integrated trackers as part of #Mozilla‘s rebranding under the #Thunderbird name.
They even made it opt-out instead of opt-in. Their defense for breaking the law: ”we wouldn’t have enough data if we obeyed the law.“
It doesn’t matter whether you ”anonymized“ the data or not: If you want to extract data from someone’s device to yours, you may do so only if they knowingly consented.
https://sigmoid.social/@davidculley/113428366130956936
I just saw that Mozilla is retiring Mozilla Location Services which provided an open, crowdsourced alternative to proprietary location services from Google and other vendors. 😰
https://github.com/mozilla/ichnaea/issues/2065
This is used by GNOME and thus Fedora, Ubuntu, Endless OS, etc. to help provide OS-level location services without requiring every app to implement its own. And apparently a patent troll is part of the reason Mozilla stopped investing in it. 🙃
#OpenSource #Linux #GNOME #Mozilla
Retiring the Mozilla Location Service · Issue #2065 · mozilla/ichnaea
The accuracy of Mozilla Location Service (MLS) has steadily declined. With no plans to restart the stumbler program or increase investments to MLS we have made the decision to retire the service. I...GitHub
Mozilla Firefox :firefox:
Desktop
📥https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/Android Play Store
📥https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefoxiOS App Store
📥https://apps.apple.com/us/app/firefox-private-safe-browser/id989804926
Tor Browser :tor:
Desktop
📥https://www.torproject.org/download/Android Play Store
📥https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.torbrowserFdroid Repo
📥https://support.torproject.org/tormobile/tormobile-7/
iOS App Store(try OnionBrowser)
📥https://onionbrowser.com/
#Firefox #Mozilla #TorBrowser #Tor #Browser #Privacy
Firefox - Protect your life online with privacy-first products
Firefox is more than a browser. Learn more about Firefox products that handle your data with respect and are built for privacy anywhere you go online.Mozilla
Merchant: The AI industry's plan to nuke its copyright problem
ChatGPT and other generative AI applications rely on copyrighted material to do what they do. But rather than compensate creators, the companies are turning to one of Silicon Valley's most reliable playbooks.Brian Merchant (Los Angeles Times)
The mental gymnastics skills of folks attempting to justify Mozilla paying their CEO $7 million while asking for donations.
#Mozilla asks for donations to reach half of their CEO's yearly salary, while people are getting laid off. Seems to me that the solution is simple.
[edit] Okay, this has gotten a lot of buzz, and I'm happy people respectfully weighed in with arguments and counterarguments. I'm not giving up on #Mozilla and #FireFox, nor on other initiatives for a better web. I am, however, going to be muting this now.
No one should 'win' #ActivityPub. The whole point of federation is to not have a winner, and to get away from this corporate mentality.
By doing so, we can all win, not just a few execs, companies, worldviews.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/20/23689570/activitypub-protocol-standard-social-network
ActivityPub is the next big thing in social networks
Mozilla, Meta, Medium, Flipboard, Tumblr, and so many other companies are betting that the future of social networks looks more like email than it does Elon Musk’s Twitter. And they’re betting on a little-known protocol to make it happen.David Pierce (The Verge)
LibreWolf: Custom version of Firefox, focused on privacy, security & freedom
https://librewolf.net
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37431474
* HN discussion of some interest: back and forth ... mainly regarding forks and trust vs. companies (Mozilla; others) and trust ... [transparency ...]
LibreWolf: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreWolf
* free OS web browser; fork of Firefox w. emphasis on privacy & security
#WebBrowsers #OpenSource #Firefox #LibreWolf #privacy #surveillance #Linux #Mozilla
If you’re switching to #Firefox, remember Firefox is not private by default. Consider the #LibreWolf fork, which is. Otherwise, go into your settings and adjust its tracking features (like having #Google as the default search engine), turn off telemetry, “experiments”, etc.
(Also, if you all switch and Google goes bankrupt, #Mozilla will go bankrupt too because they exist thanks to half a billion dollars a year from Google. So remember Google must survive for Mozilla to survive.)
📎: https://www.gnu.org/software/librejs/
Non-official 📎: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/librejs/
#FOSS #Freedom #Mozilla #Addons #JavaScript #FSF #FreeSoftware #FLOSS
GNU LibreJS – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)
Download GNU LibreJS for Firefox. GNU LibreJS aims to address the JavaScript problem described in Richard Stallman's article The JavaScript Trap. It is a free add-on for Mozilla browsers.addons.mozilla.org
#mozilla #fediverse #mastodon #theverge
Mozilla’s new Mozilla.Social Mastodon instance is an attempt to reinvent content moderation
Mozilla.Social, a new beta Mastodon server from the team at Mozilla, brings a new take on policy to the Twitter clone. It’s not worried about censorship or free speech — it’s just trying to make a better place to be online.David Pierce (The Verge)
“Aral, we’re just another Silicon Valley tech company, I don’t understand why you’re holding us to a such a higher standard.”
When I finally managed to pick my jaw off the floor the only retort I could manage was: “But that’s not what you tell people.”
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#Mozilla #fediverse #SiliconValley #ventureCapital #BigTech
• A “not-for-profit” that owns multiple for-profit businesses and pays its CEO $5.6M
• Gets ~83% of its revenue (~$500,000,000) every year from surveillance capitalist Google
• Makes a browser that protects your privacy (*some configuration required)
• Is now a VC…
This is the best we can expect from Silicon Valley/capitalism. Question is: can we do better than that?
Sources: https://assets.mozilla.net/annualreport/2021/mozilla-fdn-2021-fs-final-1010.pdf, https://assets.mozilla.net/annualreport/2021/mozilla-fdn-990-ty21-public-disclosure.pdf
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"In early 2023, Mozilla will stand up and test a publicly accessible instance in the Fediverse at Mozilla.Social"
they will start with Mastodon, but are "looking forward to working on the challenges that crosscut the Fediverse"
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/ #FediNews
Mozilla to Explore Healthy Social Media Alternative
In early 2023, Mozilla will stand up and test a publicly accessible instance in the Fediverse at Mozilla.Social.Steve Teixeira (The Mozilla Blog)
TL;DR: a good thing happened today, #Mozilla stood up for your rights and safety.
Back in 2013 asm.js, which has now evolved into #WebAssembly #WASM - one of the most relevant technologies for computing in the future.
2015, what has started as a research project by Graydon Hoare, the #Rust programming language, which will define how we will develop software in the future.
I think people don't appreciate this enough.
#Innovation #Appreciation #ThankYouMozilla