Frost Wolf@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoIf you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox nowwww.fastcompany.comexternal-linkmessage-square1011fedilinkarrow-up13.32Karrow-down192file-text
arrow-up13.23Karrow-down1external-linkIf you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox nowwww.fastcompany.comFrost Wolf@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square1011fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarespoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·2 years ago Firefox is the only independent browser Yeah, funded by google seems pretty independent to me…
minus-squarenostalgicgamerz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 years 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-up1·2 years 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-up2·2 years 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-up1·2 years agoBrave said the same. Lets see who puts their money where their mouth is. I hope both.
minus-squarenostalgicgamerz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 years agoYeah that’s why I was still using brave (until now) Honestly it’s a relief to break away from chromium
minus-squarenoahm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years 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.
Yeah, funded by google seems pretty independent to me…
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
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.