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Official statement from Waterfox's developer: https://www.waterfox.net/blog/waterfox-has-joined-system1 https://www.waterfox.net/blog/waterfox-has-joined-system

Official statement from Waterfox's developer: https://www.waterfox.net/blog/waterfox-has-joined-system1 https://www.waterfox.net/blog/waterfox-has-joined-system1

marcinzm 7y ago
On reddit the developer has stated multiple times that this is a search partnership and not a buyout. The blog indicates that it is a buyout and so does the change in company director. That makes me confused as to what is happening here.
- chii 7y ago
  could be a deliberate tactic to sow confusion. I would not update waterfox beyond the pre-acquisition version.
  - squarefoot 7y ago
    That's probably why during the last 2 weeks Waterfox pestered me every day asking to upgrade it. I didn't know about the acquisition and tried to upgrade, but luckily in hindsight the upgrade failed because it required a new glibc version that isn't even in Debian unstable. I'll probably go back to FF ESR. Sad news indeeed; I loved Waterfox:( Also, If he would have asked for help, I'd have happily donated some quid.
    - MrAlex94 7y ago
      That’s just how the Mozilla platform works for newer products (that Waterfox has inherited).
    - smnthermes 7y ago
      Why not try Pale Moon or Basilisk?
      - use-net 7y ago
        Pale Moon and Basilisk will now gain a huge followership!
  - MrAlex94 7y ago
    Probably just bad phrasing on my part. Also, Waterfox is OSS? There are definitely some security patches that have been released that I’d recommend you have; so for your sake at least use an up-to-date browser.
  - michaelmrose 7y ago
    I would go so far as to say that I would never have installed waterfox in the first place as it provides dubious value insofar as privacy and none as far as technical quality.
    - d00de 7y ago
      there sure are more weasel words in place about these crucial issues than hard facts!
- geekone 7y ago
  Sure looks like they acquihired him: https://www.system1.com/press/system1-welcomes-waterfox https://www.system1.com/press/system1-welcomes-waterfox Also, Alex appears to have stepped down as director of Waterfox and a co-founder of System1 became director: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08071145/filing-history https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08071145/filing-h...
- MrAlex94 7y ago
  Sorry if I was phrasing incorrectly. System1 are a search syndicator and that’s how they’ll be pushing forward with it. A lot of people seem to have extrapolated more than what’s actually happened.
  - smnthermes 7y ago
    So why did you transfer the directorship to the System1 director? This is not needed for partnerships.
  - use-net 7y ago
    " System1, a company describing itself as 'a consumer internet and applications company with the most powerful audience expansion platform in the industry.' In short, a data-collection company." Not sure about all this vague tech-babble here, but it spells evil "Big Data" to me. Must be just me...

Official statement from Waterfox's developer: https://www.waterfox.net/blog/waterfox-has-joined-system1 https://www.waterfox.net/blog/waterfox-has-joined-system1

marcinzm 7y ago

On reddit the developer has stated multiple times that this is a search partnership and not a buyout. The blog indicates that it is a buyout and so does the change in company director. That makes me confused as to what is happening here.

chii 7y ago
could be a deliberate tactic to sow confusion. I would not update waterfox beyond the pre-acquisition version.
- squarefoot 7y ago
  That's probably why during the last 2 weeks Waterfox pestered me every day asking to upgrade it. I didn't know about the acquisition and tried to upgrade, but luckily in hindsight the upgrade failed because it required a new glibc version that isn't even in Debian unstable. I'll probably go back to FF ESR. Sad news indeeed; I loved Waterfox:( Also, If he would have asked for help, I'd have happily donated some quid.
  - MrAlex94 7y ago
    That’s just how the Mozilla platform works for newer products (that Waterfox has inherited).
  - smnthermes 7y ago
    Why not try Pale Moon or Basilisk?
    - use-net 7y ago
      Pale Moon and Basilisk will now gain a huge followership!
- MrAlex94 7y ago
  Probably just bad phrasing on my part. Also, Waterfox is OSS? There are definitely some security patches that have been released that I’d recommend you have; so for your sake at least use an up-to-date browser.
- michaelmrose 7y ago
  I would go so far as to say that I would never have installed waterfox in the first place as it provides dubious value insofar as privacy and none as far as technical quality.
  - d00de 7y ago
    there sure are more weasel words in place about these crucial issues than hard facts!
geekone 7y ago
Sure looks like they acquihired him: https://www.system1.com/press/system1-welcomes-waterfox https://www.system1.com/press/system1-welcomes-waterfox Also, Alex appears to have stepped down as director of Waterfox and a co-founder of System1 became director: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08071145/filing-history https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08071145/filing-h...
MrAlex94 7y ago
Sorry if I was phrasing incorrectly. System1 are a search syndicator and that’s how they’ll be pushing forward with it. A lot of people seem to have extrapolated more than what’s actually happened.
- smnthermes 7y ago
  So why did you transfer the directorship to the System1 director? This is not needed for partnerships.
- use-net 7y ago
  " System1, a company describing itself as 'a consumer internet and applications company with the most powerful audience expansion platform in the industry.' In short, a data-collection company." Not sure about all this vague tech-babble here, but it spells evil "Big Data" to me. Must be just me...