Mind you, this still isn't a good excuse to use a Chromium-based browser.
And for all you people using Brave out there, well :corgi_wtf1:β π Brave is run by this guy who hates queer people and believes conspiracy theories about Covid, so maybe don't use his shitty browser that's been caught injecting affiliate links.
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. :blobfoxmeltsob:β
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: ... :corgi_wtf1:β I hate it here.
#Firefox alternatives:
- Obama Browser
- WINE Internet Explorer
- Safari 5.1.7 for Windows
Holy shit, the Fediverse is really getting on my nerves again. IT'S SO FULL OF PANIC AND FUD, HOLY SHIT.
And sadly, I have many people in my Timeline again who are boosting all these panic posts... "xyz has enshittified, it's so horrible!! I don't care what xyz actually says, I just read what I want to read and hey it's sooo bad for the FOSS community, isn't it?".
It's so annoying... PLEASE read the blog post that @finn and I have written...
https://steffo.blog/outrage-warps-reality/
Regarding Firefox: Sure, the change is sus. But do we factually know more? No? Just guesses? THEN DON'T SPREAD IT LIKE WILDFIRE! :drgn_scream_angry:
I heard from multiple people that the change might just be because the American Law System sucks and that it is required. (Other browsers like ungoogled-chromium have the same issue too, apparently.) I mean, the use could also just mean "hey, now Firefox is legally allowed to give the data you input in Firefox to the websites". Do you know what Mozilla plans? If not, then don't spread guesses like they're facts. Thank you.
Apparently I need to sign a terms of use to launch a goddamn browser now
https://infosec.exchange/@mttaggart/114071999359445580
Also, per their "simplified terms page" [apologies for the bastardized Chromium link]:
" > Your use of Firefox must follow Mozilla's Acceptable Use Policy,
In said policy,
You may not use any of Mozilla's services to:
huh
Firefox now has Terms of Use! This'll go over like a lead balloon.
You give Mozilla all rights necessary to operate Firefox, including processing data as we describe in the Firefox Privacy Notice, as well as acting on your behalf to help you navigate the internet. When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/terms/firefox/
Update: See below in the thread for their clarification.
Good bye Firefox. That's it for good. #Firefox has officially lost it now. I don't know if they ever manage to regain my trust, but no. No no no no no. No! βοΈ
When I upload or input information through Firefox, I hereby DO NOT grant you a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help me with anything. YOU NUTS?!!?
Read this:
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-leadership-growth-planning-updates
π at this:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/leadership
I'm baffled about the myriad of @mozillaofficial structures, amount of directors / C-level people & how to rhyme 'investing in privacy-respecting advertising; with 'draw a bigger circle of supporters over the long run.'
As a long time Mozilla supporter, I was already unhappy about the direction of the last years & this does certainly not bode well for the future. π π©
Some red flags: π©
π©"Mozilla grants you a personal, non-exclusive license to install and use the βExecutable Code" version of the Firefox web browser, which is the ready-to-run version of Firefox from an authorized source that you can open and use right away."
I wonder:
For how long will Mozilla Firefox stay Open Source? It seems the ToS apply only to the executable of an authorized source. Anyone compiling their own seems out of scope of these ToS?
2/N
Well, that was quick!
I wrote about about my disappointment with @mozillaofficial changes:
https://mastodon.social/@BjornW/114032743031437841
Seems they were just starting π
Read
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-terms-of-use/
Check
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/terms/firefox/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/firefox/#notice
Consider other Open Source apps you may use: aren't you sad that these lack ToS & Privacy legalese?
My advise: move away from Mozilla.
They have lost my trust.
1/N
Read this:
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-leadership-growth-planning-updates
π at this:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/leadership
I'm baffled about the myriad of @mozillaofficial structures, amount of directors / C-level people & how to rhyme 'investing in privacy-respecting advertising; with 'draw a bigger circle of supporters over the long run.'
As a long time Mozilla supporter, I was already unhappy about the direction of the last years & this does certainly not bode well for the future. π π©
A big battle on Lemmy about why I prefer Chrome/ium instead of Firefox on the old laptops I rescue from the landfills: https://lemmy.ml/post/24202956/15809331
People need to stop thinking with GNU glasses on, and become more objective. The reality is, Chrome is FASTER and uses less RAM than Firefox. This has a HUGE IMPACT on the desktop experience on OLD Pcs (not on your modern PCs, no).
But noooo... we have to support Firefox no matter what. Cultists.
Ever found modern fancy scrollbars in #Firefox inaccessible?
about:config and:
widget.gtk.overlay-scrollbars.enabled β false
keeps them fully visible while not however.
widget.non-native-theme.scrollbar.size.override
can be used to make them thicker (I've set 24).
Ever found modern fancy scrollbars in #Firefox too accessible?
about:config and:
widget.gtk.overlay-scrollbars.enabled β false
keeps them fully visible while not however.
widget.non-native-theme.scrollbar.size.override
can be used to make them THICC (I've set 512).
βΈ» @mgorny
Ever found modern fancy scrollbars in #Firefox inaccessible?
about:config and:
widget.gtk.overlay-scrollbars.enabled β false
keeps them fully visible while not however.
widget.non-native-theme.scrollbar.size.override
can be used to make them thicker (I've set 24).
Dear IMVU, kindly get fucked.
They also have locked my account and the submit button doesn't work, even on Vivialdi.
A family member has a broken #firefox installation on #windows. They have passwords, bookmarks, etc saved in that account. Is there any good tooling to export what's still readable before reinstalling Firefox, or the machine?
Edit: I will save away the user directory. I am still wondering if there's a plain text exporter.
#retoot appreciated. Explicit CC @tychotithonus
TIL there is a component inside #firefox that can crash while leaving the browser working like normal... but not able to handle external "open this url please" requests.
This is upsetting because I have a macro buttons to open a bunch of pages and now i have to go to the address bar and type in the first few letters of the url like a god damn cave man
It'd be rad if #firefox's "this tab is playing sound" indicator didn't immediately disappear when the sound stops... you know, so when the track stops i can go and find the tab and select something else
I just tried to leave the following comment on Mozilla's feedback page regarding their new AI "feature". Sadly, it asked me to log in *after* I hit Submit, despite the previous page saying I only needed to be logged in if I wanted to add an attachment. So now I'm even more unhappy.
Anyway, @mozilla, you don't seem to want to hear feedback on this, but I'm @-ing you anyway.
Comment comprises the rest of this thread... 1/3
OMG i haven't had scrollbars in firefox for SO long and i finally bothered to look for how to do it
Go to about:config and set widget.non-native-theme.scrollbar.style to a number between like 1 and 6 (inclusive). There are different styles!! Round,, square,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, i missed them so much..... i'm tearing up...
thank you ff255 you are my hero forever https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/scrollbars-disappear-in-firefox-100/m-p/22144/highlight/true#M9228
@SwiftOnSecurity You can't tell me what to do. You're not even my read dad.
If the only platform was the browser on an inhospitable network and you could only afford one plugin, then uBlock Origin (@ublockorigin) has been the top choice for an age. As manifest version two is replaced by three, uBlock Origin Lite may be able to hold that place.
Now is the second best time to test switching from uBlock Origin to uBlock Origin Lite, noting that its settings are quite different, with several levels of operation and some add-on choices.
On my network, layers currently include:
β’ Quad9 (@quad9dns) .11 (Secured with ECS: Malware blocking, DNSSEC Validation) upstream of
β’ Pi-hole with Firebog Ticked, Perflyst for streaming media, and a few other lists, and
β’ Privacy Badger (@privacybadger) from EFF (@eff) and uBlock Origin Lite (Optimal) on full-feature web browsers.
Going mobile in foreign lands:
β’ Proton (@protonprivacy) VPN with NetShield (i.e. filtered DNS) and
β’ Mozilla (@mozilla) Firefox Focus default browser with all Enhanced Tracking Protections on.
The tricky part is maintaining the configuration of each of the full-feature web browsers on each platform to balance privacy, security and function - not least given how setting sometimes magically change after an update. Choice of search provider alone is a major factor. Currently, I prefer @StartpageSearch
Managing trust of privileged software managed by and distributed automatically from proprietary stores is whole other matter.
Happy "Open Firefox's preferences to review everything shady that they might have changed and enabled by default" Day!
Thoughts on the new Mozilla statement regarding #firefox #PPA
I don't care how strong you think the privacy properties of a new feature are (and there are legitimate arguments to be had disputing those technical claims) - enabling an experiment like that by default is incredibly disrespectful to users, and doubling down is the act that comes across as outright hostile.