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stux⚡

#FireFox we need to talk..

WTF is dis?!
6 October at 12:47 | Open on mstdn.social
35 comments
Emil Jacobs - Collectifission
stux⚡

@collectifission Eerste keer dat ik dit zie.. Echt what daa fack

6 October at 12:50 | Open on mstdn.social
Emil Jacobs - Collectifission

@stux Ach, als ze daardoor wat minder afhankelijk zouden zijn van Google's geld... Maar dat is niet echt zo helaas.

6 October at 12:51 | Open on greennuclear.online
FunGuy2PlayWith
Giles Moss

@funguy2playwith @stux That setting has a nasty habit of turning itself back on with future updates. I know this because it's the first setting I reach to disable! Sigh. For shame, Mozilla.

6 October at 12:53 | Open on twit.social
devlogic

@stux One of the many settings I just turned off in the new VM I built.

6 October at 12:50 | Open on hackers.town
stux⚡

@devlogic Did something change?

I did not 😮

6 October at 12:51 | Open on mstdn.social
devlogic

@stux Oh wait, I just read your alt text. Those got re-enabled on an UPDATE? WTF.

6 October at 12:51 | Open on hackers.town
Rik 🍍:blackcat:

@stux I had the same, in settings I disabled sponsord links and those ads are gone.

6 October at 12:52 | Open on todon.nl
Rob Vincent 🎙️

@rik @stux That's good, but apparently Mozilla re-enabled the setting in an update.

6 October at 13:08 | Open on hackers.town
Rik 🍍:blackcat:

@Rob_T_Firefly That sucks, so every new update you have to disable it again. @stux

6 October at 13:08 | Open on todon.nl
Cody :collar: :verified_paw:

@stux@mstdn.social Yeah it's shit, you gotta untick the "sponsored shortcuts" thing here (on the settings button). Yes, this should come disabled by default. I guess you could just fork it and make it default but it sounds like more work than just unticking this xd
6 October at 12:52 | Open on catboy.baby
Aleksandra Lesya (she/her)

@stux they add ads in their browser it's logical... i mean i fully moved to @floorp (floorp.app/en) they have also some monetisation but if you disable sponsored link they don't showup.

I hate mozilla now.

6 October at 12:52 | Open on infosec.exchange
Lö(h)we 🤘

@stux haven't seen this in a long time, think you can disable it somewhere in settings

6 October at 12:53 | Open on metalhead.club
wallmenis

@stux
Post google-funing-less firefox...

6 October at 12:54 | Open on mstdn.social
stux⚡

So it seems that #Firefox went ahead and just re-enabled these terrible settings

That's 1 strike for the fox.. One more and it's out

Maybe i should build my own browser and not made of Chromium crap (no offense)
6 October at 12:55 | Open on mstdn.social
Aleksandra Lesya (she/her)

@stux if you build your own take floorp as base they have added cool feature (vertical tab etc).

At least you don't start from scratch

6 October at 12:56 | Open on infosec.exchange
[HUGS] getimiskon :OwOid: :blobcatgooglywtf: :verified_neko:
@stux moziller has fucked up so many times, i don't even trust them anymore. Currently i'm using Zen. Not the best in my opinion, but much better than using firefox.
6 October at 12:57 | Open on fedi.getimiskon.xyz
arutaz

@stux

There's the browser Ladybird in development, and also the web engine @servo
In development.

6 October at 12:57 | Open on social.arutaz.net
Emil Jacobs - Collectifission

@stux If you're going to build a browser (all power to you!), you might like @servo

servo.org/

6 October at 12:58 | Open on greennuclear.online
QuadRadical

@stux gitlab.gnome.org/world/navigat is a really great option, but no web extension support as of yet. If not you can go for zen, floorp, or librewolf

6 October at 13:00 | Open on wetdry.world
tuoba denrael
Stevez

@stux Where do you see this? Because I don't... 🤔

And which version is it?

And where are you going to migrate? Yet another chrome-base browser? 🤔

6 October at 13:14 | Open on witter.cz
Not David Beckham

@stux
I would totally use a browser you made from scratch. Right now the only option on Windows and iOS is DuckDuckGo. They’re still using the OS native rendering engine but everything else is from the ground up.

6 October at 13:17 | Open on mstdn.social
Joris (DWizzy) :unverified:

@stux meh, a way for Mozilla Corporation to pay for the $7 million CEO support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/s
At least they didn't turn on 'privacy preserving attribution' by default, or.. theregister.com/2024/09/25/moz

6 October at 12:55 | Open on hostux.social
Sander van Kasteel

@stux@mstdn.social Je kan dit uitzetten in de settings (gelukkig!)

Maar staat nog helemaal los van het feit, dat dit lichtelijk irritant...
6 October at 12:58 | Open on social.sandervankasteel.nl
alexanderadam

@stux I know that the whole advertisement thing in Firefox is not great.
But honestly, it's still my favourite browser and I want its development to be sustainable.

So I also think that they should experiment with income streams to achieve that.

Thus I'm personally fine if I see stuff like Adidas on the start page as long as it is ethical stuff and I still have the possibility to remove it.

6 October at 12:58 | Open on ruby.social
stux⚡

@alexanderadam For sure but it's more about the edit of settings after an update

That makes me lose trust

6 October at 12:59 | Open on mstdn.social
Aral Balkan

@stux It’s called their business model.

6 October at 12:58 | Open on mastodon.ar.al
stux⚡

@aral Doesn't mean I have to like it? :flan_laugh:

6 October at 12:59 | Open on mstdn.social
TiTiNoNero :__:

@aral @stux how realistic is to start a project to write a (real) GNU browser from scratch?

6 October at 13:01 | Open on goto.77nn.it
Sheogorath 🦊
sj_zero
Dirty Little secret most people don't know is that most web browsers are either written by Google (via chromium), or substantially supported by funding from Google to keep the search engine as Google.

One of the immediate outcomes of the recent antitrust suit against Google for this practice is therefore going to be that many web browsers are scrambling for new sources of revenue.

But I will say, when you realize just how much revenue Firefox has been earning, it seems like they should be more than capable of maintaining a web browser and email client forever based on money they should have in the bank...
Dirty Little secret most people don't know is that most web browsers are either written by Google (via chromium), or substantially supported by funding from Google to keep the search engine as Google.

6 October at 13:09 | Open on social.fbxl.net
Ricardo Tavares

@stux @catsalad Money to hire less engineers and pay Mozilla’s CEO some more.

6 October at 13:11 | Open on phpc.social
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