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So, anyone care to make a new fork of FF with all commercial elements ripped out? Lots of fame in it for you. No disrepect to you Alex, there's just a lot of d

So, anyone care to make a new fork of FF with all commercial elements ripped out? Lots of fame in it for you. No disrepect to you Alex, there's just a lot of desire for software with zero commercial element.

haunter 7y ago
idk about FF but I know ungoogled-chromium, been using that for years https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium
CDSlice 7y ago
Is there any desire to help pay for software with zero commercial elements? Especially software as complex as a web browser, where it will take a lot more effort and time than other, smaller open source programs.
- hnuser123456 7y ago
  Hence why I said fame and not money.
  - CDSlice 7y ago
    Fame won't pay the bills though.
- use-net 7y ago
  what makes it complex is all those anti-features that they deny even do exist, LOL
lilSebastian 7y ago
> So, anyone care to make a new fork of FF with all commercial elements ripped out? Lots of fame in it for you. Sounds like you're volunteering ;)
- hnuser123456 7y ago
  Hmm...
t0astbread 7y ago
Not based on Firefox but there's a very customizable browser called Luakit[1], which is afaict built from scratch on top of Webkit+GTK. I haven't had time to try it out yet but it might be worth a look? [1] https://luakit.github.io/ https://luakit.github.io/
severine 7y ago
In the meantime, "How to stop Firefox from making automatic connections": https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making-automatic-connections https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making...
MrAlex94 7y ago
> Lots of fame in it for you. I’ve been doing Waterfox for near a decade, I don’t think that’s true. There were a few, but they ultimately got shut down. I think a few times due to legal issues. If anyone is planning to do something, please be careful of what name you use.
- smnthermes 7y ago
  > There were a few, but they ultimately got shut down Why are you withdrawing to mention Pale Moon and Basilisk?
  - MrAlex94 7y ago
    Because they both have commercial elements, where the post was asking if there were any alternatives without? Also, a Pale Moon has start.me (https://start.me/privacy https://start.me/privacy) by default, with this for its privacy policy: "Among the types of Personal Data that start.me collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: Cookies; Usage Data; first name; last name; email address; phone number." Rather more egregious than anything Waterfox does.
- smnthermes 7y ago
  > There were a few, but they ultimately got shut down One of them was called LibreWolf, so I doubt it was due to trademark issues. Also, the developer of LibreFox didn't explain why development was halted.
krageon 7y ago
> Lots of fame in it Nobody likes when a browser is bought using advertising money, just as nobody likes when other people imply they should do work "for the exposure" (or fame, which is really the same thing).
- hnuser123456 7y ago
  Not saying you have to. People contribute to open source at their own expense all the time. If literally nobody is willing to do it, then may it not exist.

haunter 7y ago

idk about FF but I know ungoogled-chromium, been using that for years https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium

CDSlice 7y ago

Is there any desire to help pay for software with zero commercial elements? Especially software as complex as a web browser, where it will take a lot more effort and time than other, smaller open source programs.

hnuser123456 7y ago
Hence why I said fame and not money.
- CDSlice 7y ago
  Fame won't pay the bills though.
use-net 7y ago
what makes it complex is all those anti-features that they deny even do exist, LOL

lilSebastian 7y ago

> So, anyone care to make a new fork of FF with all commercial elements ripped out? Lots of fame in it for you. Sounds like you're volunteering ;)

hnuser123456 7y ago
Hmm...

t0astbread 7y ago

Not based on Firefox but there's a very customizable browser called Luakit[1], which is afaict built from scratch on top of Webkit+GTK. I haven't had time to try it out yet but it might be worth a look? [1] https://luakit.github.io/ https://luakit.github.io/

severine 7y ago

In the meantime, "How to stop Firefox from making automatic connections": https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making-automatic-connections https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making...

MrAlex94 7y ago

> Lots of fame in it for you. I’ve been doing Waterfox for near a decade, I don’t think that’s true. There were a few, but they ultimately got shut down. I think a few times due to legal issues. If anyone is planning to do something, please be careful of what name you use.

smnthermes 7y ago
> There were a few, but they ultimately got shut down Why are you withdrawing to mention Pale Moon and Basilisk?
- MrAlex94 7y ago
  Because they both have commercial elements, where the post was asking if there were any alternatives without? Also, a Pale Moon has start.me (https://start.me/privacy https://start.me/privacy) by default, with this for its privacy policy: "Among the types of Personal Data that start.me collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: Cookies; Usage Data; first name; last name; email address; phone number." Rather more egregious than anything Waterfox does.
smnthermes 7y ago
> There were a few, but they ultimately got shut down One of them was called LibreWolf, so I doubt it was due to trademark issues. Also, the developer of LibreFox didn't explain why development was halted.

krageon 7y ago

> Lots of fame in it Nobody likes when a browser is bought using advertising money, just as nobody likes when other people imply they should do work "for the exposure" (or fame, which is really the same thing).

hnuser123456 7y ago
Not saying you have to. People contribute to open source at their own expense all the time. If literally nobody is willing to do it, then may it not exist.