Frost Wolf@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoIf you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox nowwww.fastcompany.comexternal-linkmessage-square1014fedilinkarrow-up13.33Karrow-down192file-text
arrow-up13.24Karrow-down1external-linkIf you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox nowwww.fastcompany.comFrost Wolf@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square1014fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarespoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·1 year ago Firefox is the only independent browser Yeah, funded by google seems pretty independent to me…
minus-squarenoahm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI used to work for Mozilla. They are funded my many sources, of which Google is only one. Google does not drive Firefox’s feature set or roadmap in any way at all.
minus-squarenostalgicgamerz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 year agoThey only get money from google to be the default Engine (which you can change easily) In terms of development and the program of Firefox itself, google has no input or say…thus Firefox still being independent
minus-squarespoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWhen 430 out of your 450m annual income comes from google you’d be naive to think they have no say at all. In a perfect world maybe. Time will tell. We’ll see what firefox does when chrome drops manifest v2.
minus-squarenostalgicgamerz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoSo far they don’t seem too keen on bending the knee https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/17/23559234/firefox-manifest-v3-content-ad-blocker Which is good for us
minus-squarespoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBrave said the same. Lets see who puts their money where their mouth is. I hope both.
minus-squarenostalgicgamerz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoYeah that’s why I was still using brave (until now) Honestly it’s a relief to break away from chromium
Yeah, funded by google seems pretty independent to me…
I used to work for Mozilla. They are funded my many sources, of which Google is only one. Google does not drive Firefox’s feature set or roadmap in any way at all.
They only get money from google to be the default Engine (which you can change easily)
In terms of development and the program of Firefox itself, google has no input or say…thus Firefox still being independent
When 430 out of your 450m annual income comes from google you’d be naive to think they have no say at all. In a perfect world maybe.
Time will tell. We’ll see what firefox does when chrome drops manifest v2.
So far they don’t seem too keen on bending the knee
https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/17/23559234/firefox-manifest-v3-content-ad-blocker
Which is good for us
Brave said the same. Lets see who puts their money where their mouth is. I hope both.
Yeah that’s why I was still using brave (until now)
Honestly it’s a relief to break away from chromium