Not even reading "between" the lines, but simply... reading the lines. Waterfox is in deep trouble.

The dev is stating clearly on Reddit (for months now) that they've been in the red, financially speaking, for quite some time.

Their new inbuilt adblocker (based on Brave's implementation) is yes partially to have something inbuilt, but also so they can (by default) let ads through on their default search provider.

And now Waterfox has been dropped by Startpage (due to Startpage losing rather than making money on Waterfox users) and Waterfox has had to (as an interim solution hopefully) adopt 1.org as their default search provider. 1.org, which is a "charitable" search engine, but which is opaque on what search index it uses, is owned by the adtech company System1, and which states in their privacy policy that they collect data and share it with various advertising networks and social media networks.

#waterfox #browser #browsers #system1 #adtech #privacy

Classic Mac OS System 1 Patterns

https://paulsmith.github.io/classic-mac-patterns/

#HackerNews #ClassicMacOS #System1 #Patterns #RetroComputing #DesignInspiration #MacHistory

#Startpage wurde ursprünglich in den Niederlanden gegründet und war ein europäischer Suchdienst. 2019 hat jedoch das US-Unternehmen #System1 eine Mehrheitsbeteiligung an Startpage übernommen.

Offiziell bleibt Startpage unter der niederländischen Firma Surfboard Holding B.V. registriert und behauptet, den europäischen #Datenschutz (DSGVO) einzuhalten. Aber da System1 ein US-Unternehmen ist, gibt es Bedenken, ob US-Behörden indirekten Zugriff haben könnten.

#BigTech

Tipp wer bedenken hat nutzt ecosia ist aus Deutschland ⭐ oder Qwant aus Frankreich

Waterfox G3

https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/waterfox-g3

Released fall of 2023, this is the last version of Waterfox Third Generation Release (version G3.2.0 based on Gecko 78.9.0) to work on a range of earlier Mac OS versions including:

#macgarden #internetcommunications #2023 #alexkontos #system1

That System 1 screen saver in Sequoia awakened something in me.

#fountainpen #illustration #penaddict #stationery #apple #mac #macos #system1 #classicmac

Ecosia entered into a strategic partnership with System1.

System1 owns the search engine Startpage: https://www.startpage.com
System1 strategic partnership announcement: https://ir.system1.com/news/news-details/2023/System1-Announces-Strategic-Partnership-with-Ecosia-a-Leading-Green-Search-Engine/default.aspx
System1 post: https://mastodon.online/@blueghost/111507459415565922

Ecosia is a German search engine known for supporting tree planting projects.

Website: https://www.ecosia.org

#Ecosia #SearchEngine #System1 #Startpage #StartpageSearch #Advertising