How is anyone NOT using @mozilla #Firefox by now? Between this and intentionally slowing #YouTube traffic for Firefox/uBlock users, #Google is officially evil. Please support an #open #decentralized non-profit #Internet !
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/11/google-chrome-will-limit-ad-blockers-starting-june-2024/
@tilvids Because I hate having fun and I use librewolf instead
@tilvids @mozilla And if we could just get mozilla to actually turn off telemetry when a user changes the setting, that'd be nice. I love #firefox and I'll never not use it. But the fact that I have to go into about:config to *actually* turn off the telemetry, that's kind of shady. Not nearly as shady as #google is, no, but it's not complete transparency.
@thelinuxfraud @tilvids @mozilla
Are you saying the settings in the Preferences -> Privacy & Security don't actually do what they say they do?
Or is there some other thing that gets sent besides this?
@smallsees I'm not 100% certain if it's this telemetry or not, but they sure as hell have a lot more telemetry enabled than just those options. If you go into about:config and search for 'telemetry' then you'll see a bunch of telemetry enabled.
They even have telemetry that tells them if the user has turned telemetry on/off.
@thelinuxfraud telemetry _gathering_ isn't necessarily bad. it's telemetry _uploading_ that you should be concerned about.
what do you see in `about:telemetry`?
@smallsees
@thelinuxfraud @smallsees Librewolf has no telemetry by default. I use it alongside normal Firefox with those settings disabled, but didn't feel the need to dig into about:config to completely nuke all their telemetry like I used to.
@ionisland Oh yeah I like Librewolf as well. There's also that Mullvad Browser too that came out not too long ago.
Google is just "maximizing shareholder value".
https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-arabia-crown-prince-visits-apple-google-2018-4
Reminder of who profits from ad-blocking: Google's anti-democracy investors
https://www.vox.com/technology/2023/5/1/23702451/silicon-valley-saudi-money-khashoggi
Google helps fund fascism
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/trump-releases-statement-support-saudi-arabia/576436/
@tilvids What's the point if Firefox is going to implement Manifest V3 anyway down the road?
I guess you forgot that Mozilla's primary funder is you guessed it, Google.