POLL: Trust in Firefox and Mozilla is Gone - Let's Talk Alternatives
Quoting: POLL: Trust in Firefox and Mozilla is Gone - Let's Talk Alternatives —
Well, it was a good time to ask people what was their level of trust in Mozilla when it came to respecting their users. Most of our surveys get between 100 and 200 answers. This one skyrocketed to more than 700 hundred (thanks to numerous boosters on the Fediverse). And the result is unsurprising: Do you trust Firefox (Mozilla) to respect and keep their users' interest at heart in the long run?
An update
In The Register now:
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The Register UK ☛ Mozilla responds after terms of usage, privacy policy change
In other words, Mozilla is no longer willing to commit to not selling your personal data to advertisers.
A related change was also highlighted by mozilla.org commenter jkaelin, who linked direct to the source code for that FAQ page. To answer the question, "is Firefox free?" Moz used to say: [...]
Also here:
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Mozilla Needs to Fall Apart to Make Space for Others
I've been slogging through social networks with regards to the current situation with Mozilla and their ramping up of the commercialization of their flagship product, Firefox, as well as the services around it. I started this off with a small thread[1] that's my cynical take that Mozilla is burning the remainder of its goodwill and transitioning into a quasi-Internet/AI/ad services company that feeds on the current need for "a secure option". This is similar to DuckDuckGo's attempt to make a slimmed down Web browser with their services built around it, more akin to Apple's Safari than Google's Chrome; as the former has less of a public reputation for being a vehicle for ad delivery acceleration.
Lunduke:
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Firefox Maker Gaslights Users: The reason we say we sell your data is because we sell your data.
Mozilla, in damage control, updates controversial Terms of Use...
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Firefox Fork LlibreWolf Declares Self "Very Woke", Goes on Rant about "Far-Right", Bans "Lunduke"
With Firefox now openly selling user data, many are looking to Firefox forks.