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Mozilla hit with privacy complaint over Firefox user tracking
(www.reuters.com)
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this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2024
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Turning the feature on by default is bad, but I don't think that legal complaints are the way to go as well as the aggressive tone of NOYB. Firefox is the only browser developed and maintained professionally which has the potential of offering some privacy on the web. Given the importance of web browsers volunteer work just won't cut it with the amount of features and security concerns that a browser needs.
NOYB would've done much better by talking to Mozilla directly and advocating for them to do the right thing going for a legal complaint as the final nuclear option. If the was the case, then good that there's a complaint, but the article does not indicate the any of this happened.
Fuck that, they know what they're doing and they know what the right thing is. Mozilla is the enemy for some time now, Firefox's development is basically held hostage by a shitty corporation and a toothless foundation.
Right, but what other browser are you going to use?
Big "what are you going to do, vote republican?" energy here.
So what, are we giving Mozilla a free pass to do anything now? Is the new bar "not quite as shitty as Google"?
Absolutely not and is not what I said. Just that due to lack of alternatives it's not really beneficial for privacy enthousiasts to make the only browser with privacy features dislike the community it's working for. If NOYB has the resources for a legal complaint, it has the resources to lead this dialogue.
Why do you assume they haven't warned Mozilla in advance?
Also, Mozilla was fully aware that what they were doing is in breach of GDPR. I find it extremely hard to believe that the makers of Firefox are not fully familiarized with it by now.
Last but not least Mozilla is doing this for financial gain. It's selling pur data to advertisers. Why should we excuse it? It's a very hostile act.
If Mozilla has hit rock bottom and has been reduced to selling our data to survive then that's that. We'll find another way and another FOSS browser. Accepting it is not an option.
Gee...
Waterfox Ice Dragon Chromium LibreWolf
Shall I go on?
Fixed that one for you.