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one of the reasons why i love firefox? the Tracking protection. it makes webpages faster to load. Cool

by batsoupremacy 6y ago

Markoff 6y ago
ublock origin makes pages load faster I'm curious why it is still not built in instead other nonsense they integrate
- mxschumacher 6y ago
  Google would not allow Mozilla to do this
  - shultays 6y ago
    How? Do you mean they would cancel their search deal? Does Google have any power over Mozilla?
    - mxschumacher 6y ago
      If past revenue numbers are any indication [0], then Google as a lot of power of Mozilla. They are privacy focused, so I suppose they don't make money through the sale of personal data; also their services are free. Unless there is some other revenue source I'm missing, there seems to be a significant dependency on search engines and similar partners. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation#Google https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation#Google
  - deleted 6y ago
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Nextgrid 6y ago
Firefox's Tracking Protection is a fraud and has a whitelist of domains to allow, which include Google and Facebook properties despite them being the biggest threats to privacy.
- Karunamon 6y ago
  Which would break Facebook and Google login for a massive portion of the web (since those buttons are usually embeds). If you want to block them yourself, fine, but it's not the browser maker's job to make that decision for the user.
  - greendestiny_re 6y ago
    Compared to the decision to integrate Pocket?
- sp332 6y ago
  "Google Analytics is Blocked by Firefox, Mozilla Explains Why" https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-analytics-is-blocked-by-firefox-mozilla-explains-why/311471/ https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-analytics-is-bloc... google-analytics.com is on https://disconnect.me/trackerprotection/blocked https://disconnect.me/trackerprotection/blocked and also https://github.com/disconnectme/disconnect-tracking-protection https://github.com/disconnectme/disconnect-tracking-protecti...
dependenttypes 6y ago
I do not get this. You would run a blocker anyway, the tracking protection is just a half-assed measure for these not bothering to install such an addon.

one of the reasons why i love firefox? the Tracking protection. it makes webpages faster to load. Cool

Markoff 6y ago

ublock origin makes pages load faster I'm curious why it is still not built in instead other nonsense they integrate

mxschumacher 6y ago
Google would not allow Mozilla to do this
- shultays 6y ago
  How? Do you mean they would cancel their search deal? Does Google have any power over Mozilla?
  - mxschumacher 6y ago
    If past revenue numbers are any indication [0], then Google as a lot of power of Mozilla. They are privacy focused, so I suppose they don't make money through the sale of personal data; also their services are free. Unless there is some other revenue source I'm missing, there seems to be a significant dependency on search engines and similar partners. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation#Google https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation#Google
- deleted 6y ago
  [deleted]

Nextgrid 6y ago

Firefox's Tracking Protection is a fraud and has a whitelist of domains to allow, which include Google and Facebook properties despite them being the biggest threats to privacy.

Karunamon 6y ago
Which would break Facebook and Google login for a massive portion of the web (since those buttons are usually embeds). If you want to block them yourself, fine, but it's not the browser maker's job to make that decision for the user.
- greendestiny_re 6y ago
  Compared to the decision to integrate Pocket?
sp332 6y ago
"Google Analytics is Blocked by Firefox, Mozilla Explains Why" https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-analytics-is-blocked-by-firefox-mozilla-explains-why/311471/ https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-analytics-is-bloc... google-analytics.com is on https://disconnect.me/trackerprotection/blocked https://disconnect.me/trackerprotection/blocked and also https://github.com/disconnectme/disconnect-tracking-protection https://github.com/disconnectme/disconnect-tracking-protecti...

dependenttypes 6y ago

I do not get this. You would run a blocker anyway, the tracking protection is just a half-assed measure for these not bothering to install such an addon.