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[YT] How Mozilla Ruined Firefox (www.youtube.com)

submitted 7 months ago by boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Actually pretty good video.

Search engine
Google location service instead of their own (which they quit)
FakeSpot & Pocket collecting crazy personalized data

Also info about difference between Mozilla Corporation and MZLA Nonprofit.

If you donate to Mozilla, nothing goes to Firefox. Instead they host petitions and beg big tech companies to be more transparent.

They dont focus on old users at all, and it seems they are unable to implement basic stuff.

I still recommend using Firefox, but with the Arkenfox userJS.

Or just use Librewolf.

Firefox is not usable. And dont donate to Mozilla I guess.

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[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 29 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Firefox has a massive data leak issue, this is unfortunate but nothing new and it's quite easy to stop.

The thing is, the foundation goes in the completely wrong direction. Instead of developing the browser and create an actually good mobile version of it, they sink money in useless hypetrain bullshit.

For example: on Android Firefox you cannot even change the homepage.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I never see the homepage even. It shows up if you close the browser? I never do that on my phone.

Most important thing is you can change your search engine to whatever you want.

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago

It shows up if you close the browser?

If you close all tabs, if you open a new “empty” tab, if you restart the browser, etc. Having a settable homepage is a no-brainer and I never ever stumbled across a browser that cannot set it.

They are going to make a new tab organizer though.

So we can finally have normal tabs in Firefox, too?

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

And the Android version doesn't even have a bookmarks toolbar. You have to go through the menu -> bookmarks -> bookmarks toolbar -> search for the bookmark

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I need 6 taps to open a folder in my bookmarks bar in new "tabs". This is just ridiculous.

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

exactly. compared to a toolbar which would only be one click that is right on the screen.

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

Exactly. On desktop this also works as expected. Since the Firefox doesn't have proper quickdial (neither on desktop nor on mobile) such a functionality is absolutely necessary.