astro_rayJul 30, 2024

Mozilla adds stupid AI stuff with horrible T&C

https://lemdro.id/post/11355312

Mozilla adds stupid AI stuff with horrible T&C

> PSA (?): just got this popup in Firefox when i was on an amazon product page. looked into it a bit because it seemed weird and it turns out if you click the big "yes, try it" button, you agree to mandatory binding arbitration with Fakespot and you waive your right to bring a class action lawsuit against them. this is awesome thank you so much mozilla very cool https://queer.party/@m04/112872517189786676 So, Mozilla adds an AI review features for products you view using Firefox. Other than being very useless, it's T&C are as anti-consumer as it possibly can be. It's like mozilla saying directly "we don't care about your privacy".

Show threadnia_the_catJul 30, 2024

Hot take but people are putting way too much blind trust into Firefox for this.

They just purchased an advertising company, they made the TC waive your right to a class action lawsuit. Mozilla is actively enshittifying but people don’t care because it’s a boiling frog.

Whether you think the feature is useful or not, Mozilla is not a privacy-focused browser anymore.

Show threadredditReallySucksJul 30, 2024

Hot take

Thats not a hot take anymore. A lot of people in privacy communities are moving to forks of Firefox that disable Mozilla’s bullshit.

Show threadProfessorozone
Which forks?
Jul 30, 2024 at 5:06pmWeb
Show threadnia_the_catJul 30, 2024
On desktop I’ve been using Librewolf, Mullvad is good too. There’s also some forks on Android, Mull and Fennec
Show threadProfessorozoneJul 30, 2024
Thank you.
Show threadDoucheBagMcSwagJul 30, 2024
Commenting to check these out later
Show threadcommunismJul 30, 2024

What would you recommend for Android?

Also, have you found anything that works well with Firefox Sync? I use Sync for my bookmarks but it doesn’t seem to be able to sync with LibreWolf

Show threade8d79Jul 30, 2024
You can enable it and it should be safe to do so.
LibreWolf Browser

A custom version of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom.

Show threadcommunismJul 30, 2024
I know Librewolf says that. I have tried to use Sync but after signing into my Mozilla account Librewolf doesn’t recognise me as logged in and doesn’t sync.
Show threadnia_the_catJul 30, 2024

I’d recommend Mull, it’s basically the spiritual “librewolf for Android”

As for the syncing I’m not sure

Mull | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Privacy oriented web browser

Show threadgnuplusmattJul 30, 2024

Fennec

isn’t fennec a 1:1 rebuild? I believe it still has everything turned on

Show threadPraiseTheSoupJul 31, 2024
What even would be the purpose of such software?
Show threadgnuplusmattJul 31, 2024
rebuild for distribution on fdroid as not to violate trademarks
Show threadCheradenineJul 31, 2024
It has some of the proprietary stuff and telemetry removed
Show threadApollosArrowJul 31, 2024
Do the same browser plugins work on librewolf?
Show threadTick DracyJul 31, 2024
Yes. Out of the box, it has uBlock Origin installed.
Show threadredditReallySucksJul 31, 2024
Mullvad Browser (Tor Browser without onion network), Librewolf, Arkenfox (not a fork, just hardes regulär Firefox and disables mozilla’s telemetry)
Show threadProfessorozoneAug 1, 2024
I downloaded it but the option to come back to where I left off when I close the program was greyed out. I’m a tab-a-holic and I don’t like that. Any comments about that?
Show threadredditReallySucksAug 3, 2024
I think mullvad browser uses always icognito so it does not save any site data to disk. I think it is not adapted to your use case.