Mozilla on privacy and New Tab Wallpapers
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Mozilla ☛ Mozilla Privacy Blog: The UK’s Digital Markets, Competition, and Consumers Bill will spark the UK’s digital economy, not stifle it
In today’s digital age, an open and competitive ecosystem with a diverse range of players is essential for building a resilient economy. New products and ideas must have the opportunity to grow to give people meaningful choices. Yet, this reality often falls short due to the dominance of a handful of large companies that create walled gardens by self-preferencing their services over independent competitors – limiting choice and hampering innovation.
The UK’s Digital Markets, Competition, and Consumers Bill (DMCCB) offers a unique opportunity to break down these barriers, paving the way for a more competitive and consumer-centric digital market. On the competition side, the DMCCB offers flexibility in allowing for targeted codes of conduct to regulate the behaviour of dominant players. This agile and future-proof approach makes it unique in the ex-ante interventions being considered around the world to rein in abuse in digital markets. An example of what such a code of conduct might look like in practice is the voluntary commitments given by Surveillance Giant Google to the CMA in the Privacy Sandbox case.
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Don Marti: realistically get rid of third-party cookies
How would a browser realistically get rid of third-party cookies, if the plan was to just replace third-party cookies, and the project requirements did not include a bunch of anticompetitive tricks too?
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OMG Ubuntu ☛ Mozilla Devs Adding ‘New Tab Wallpapers’ to Firefox
Mozilla devs are bringing more customisation options to the new tab page in Firefox. A number of modern web browsers, including Surveillance Giant Google Chrome, allow users to set a custom image as the backdrop for the new tab page: As the new tab page is (by default) set to show when a browser is launched and every time a new tab is opened it’s a highly visible (if often fleeting) part of users’ browser experience, making customisation a popular request.