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Firefox does the exact same thing with Google and other search providers and gets significant revenue, and nobody accuses them of 'putting profit over privacy'
by throw2016 9y ago
Firefox does the exact same thing with Google and other search providers and gets significant revenue, and nobody accuses them of 'putting profit over privacy'
Bit hypocritical to pan Ubuntu while giving Firefox a pass. At least for Ubuntu there are many alternatives.
This was probably a misguided attempt by Canonical to generate some revenue, they recently had to lay off a significant number of employees. Criticism is valid but dismissing the entire Ubuntu project because of a single bad decision taken and reversed years ago is uncharitable and over the top.
- ibotty 9y agoWhich keystrokes does firefox send opt-out to google by default, to display ads? Don't spread FUD.
- throw2016 9y agoEvery single thing you type in the search bar is sent to Google or whoever they have done the search deal. Ubuntu used to do the exact same thing with Amazon, its an affiliate link and does not 'display ads', that is complete FUD. Please understand the issues before commenting. It's a search scope for amazon so you can get amazon search results in the unity search bar if desired. Firefox has also done a privacy busting ad deal with Cliqz where user's browsing history is sent to cliqz servers for targeted advertising. This is even worse for user privacy.