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There are hundreds more projects like it. Projects like GIMP, ImageMagick, Apache, curl, GCC, LLVM, Firefox, Thunderbird, KDE, Linux, the BSDs, etc., etc. Ther

There are hundreds more projects like it. Projects like GIMP, ImageMagick, Apache, curl, GCC, LLVM, Firefox, Thunderbird, KDE, Linux, the BSDs, etc., etc. There are many massively useful things available as free and open source software.

gspetr 3y ago
>Firefox Definitely not. It certainly no longer belongs in "the original vision of the internet" category. Not when it wants to be a part of evil forces seeking to police the internet. https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/we-need-more-than-deplatforming/ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/we-need-more-than-deplat... https://www.eutimes.net/2021/01/thousands-are-uninstalling-firefox-after-developers-demand-total-internet-censorship/ https://www.eutimes.net/2021/01/thousands-are-uninstalling-f... https://reclaimthenet.org/firefox-maker-mozilla-calls-for-more-than-deplatforming https://reclaimthenet.org/firefox-maker-mozilla-calls-for-mo...
- clouddrover 3y ago
  But Firefox protects you from advertising networks the best. uBlock Origin works best in Firefox: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-best-on-Firefox https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b... Sounds like "the original vision of the internet" to me.
  - daynthelife 3y ago
    Better than all other major browsers != good Since the only real competition is chromium, safari, and edge, the bar is astoundingly low.
  - gspetr 3y ago
    I initially did not want to bring this up, but Firefox literally changed my default search engine from DuckDuckGo to Google after I updated it yesterday. No opt-in, no user input, no warning, no nothing. Just shoved Google down the user's throat. Do you know where Mozilla gets its money from?
    - guillermin 3y ago
      I don't think that was due to Mozilla pushing Google. I have Firefox configured with DuckDuckGo on all my devices and this has never happened to me on an update.
    - clouddrover 3y ago
      I update Firefox all the time and it doesn't change my default search engine. Now what? Are you using Mozilla's Firefox builds or a Linux distribution's builds of Firefox?
      - gspetr 3y ago
        Win10 119.0.1 (64-bit)
        clouddrover 3y ago
        Doesn't happen for me on Windows or macOS. It sounds a lot like you're construing an anecdotal incident as a grand conspiracy.
  - rijoja 3y ago
    You mean the least worst?
    - clouddrover 3y ago
      No, I mean the best. Firefox provides features that uBlock Origin uses that other browsers don't provide.
- rijoja 3y ago
  Thank you!
- zzzcsgo 3y ago
  And blocking all extensions by default on Firefox mobile.... At least you can create an add-on collection to bring them back but Mozilla is evil nowadays.
  - clouddrover 3y ago
    Hrm: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2023/11/01/is-your-extension-ready-for-firefox-for-android/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2023/11/01/is-your-extension... They're doing exactly the opposite of what you think they're doing.

gspetr 3y ago

>Firefox Definitely not. It certainly no longer belongs in "the original vision of the internet" category. Not when it wants to be a part of evil forces seeking to police the internet. https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/we-need-more-than-deplatforming/ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/we-need-more-than-deplat... https://www.eutimes.net/2021/01/thousands-are-uninstalling-firefox-after-developers-demand-total-internet-censorship/ https://www.eutimes.net/2021/01/thousands-are-uninstalling-f... https://reclaimthenet.org/firefox-maker-mozilla-calls-for-more-than-deplatforming https://reclaimthenet.org/firefox-maker-mozilla-calls-for-mo...

clouddrover 3y ago
But Firefox protects you from advertising networks the best. uBlock Origin works best in Firefox: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-best-on-Firefox https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b... Sounds like "the original vision of the internet" to me.
- daynthelife 3y ago
  Better than all other major browsers != good Since the only real competition is chromium, safari, and edge, the bar is astoundingly low.
- gspetr 3y ago
  I initially did not want to bring this up, but Firefox literally changed my default search engine from DuckDuckGo to Google after I updated it yesterday. No opt-in, no user input, no warning, no nothing. Just shoved Google down the user's throat. Do you know where Mozilla gets its money from?
  - guillermin 3y ago
    I don't think that was due to Mozilla pushing Google. I have Firefox configured with DuckDuckGo on all my devices and this has never happened to me on an update.
  - clouddrover 3y ago
    I update Firefox all the time and it doesn't change my default search engine. Now what? Are you using Mozilla's Firefox builds or a Linux distribution's builds of Firefox?
    - gspetr 3y ago
      Win10 119.0.1 (64-bit)
      - clouddrover 3y ago
        Doesn't happen for me on Windows or macOS. It sounds a lot like you're construing an anecdotal incident as a grand conspiracy.
- rijoja 3y ago
  You mean the least worst?
  - clouddrover 3y ago
    No, I mean the best. Firefox provides features that uBlock Origin uses that other browsers don't provide.
rijoja 3y ago
Thank you!
zzzcsgo 3y ago
And blocking all extensions by default on Firefox mobile.... At least you can create an add-on collection to bring them back but Mozilla is evil nowadays.
- clouddrover 3y ago
  Hrm: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2023/11/01/is-your-extension-ready-for-firefox-for-android/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2023/11/01/is-your-extension... They're doing exactly the opposite of what you think they're doing.