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Or maybe the premise that Mozilla is beholden to Google because of their income stream is false? It seems like every other month there's a thread complaining a

Or maybe the premise that Mozilla is beholden to Google because of their income stream is false? It seems like every other month there's a thread complaining about how Mozilla would never really do anything against Google's interests because of their income stream, and then every other month in between those rant threads Mozilla launches some new tracking protection [0] or privacy initiative directed specifically against Google. [0] https://twitter.com/__jakub_g/status/1365400306767581185 https://twitter.com/__jakub_g/status/1365400306767581185

ent101 5y ago
Yes, the premise might be false but Mozilla is not doing a great job clarifying this.
errantmind 5y ago
It is disingenuous when they, themselves, collect so much data about users by default.
forgotmyoldacc 5y ago
Isn't it a funny coincidence that Firefox offers a Facebook container, but not a Google one, despite both companies having the same amount of tracking across the web? https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/facebook-container-prevent-facebook-tracking https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/facebook-container-prev...
- nerdponx 5y ago
  Facebook is a boogeyman and a distraction from the huge and shady ad-tech industry as a whole. Zuck takes a few on the chin in front of an inept US Congress, who eventually proposes some weak legislation that doesn't actually protect anyone, and the industry chugs happily along making money and not giving a shit about the repercussions. Pretty much the same as oil & gas, big pharma, big ag, etc.
- commoner 5y ago
  For those who are interested, a Google Container add-on is available for Firefox here: - Add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-container/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-contai... - Source: https://github.com/containers-everywhere/contain-google https://github.com/containers-everywhere/contain-google

ent101 5y ago

Yes, the premise might be false but Mozilla is not doing a great job clarifying this.

errantmind 5y ago

It is disingenuous when they, themselves, collect so much data about users by default.

forgotmyoldacc 5y ago

Isn't it a funny coincidence that Firefox offers a Facebook container, but not a Google one, despite both companies having the same amount of tracking across the web? https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/facebook-container-prevent-facebook-tracking https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/facebook-container-prev...

nerdponx 5y ago
Facebook is a boogeyman and a distraction from the huge and shady ad-tech industry as a whole. Zuck takes a few on the chin in front of an inept US Congress, who eventually proposes some weak legislation that doesn't actually protect anyone, and the industry chugs happily along making money and not giving a shit about the repercussions. Pretty much the same as oil & gas, big pharma, big ag, etc.
commoner 5y ago
For those who are interested, a Google Container add-on is available for Firefox here: - Add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-container/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-contai... - Source: https://github.com/containers-everywhere/contain-google https://github.com/containers-everywhere/contain-google