Firefox is free and open source software, anyone can fork it. Maybe, after a long time of good conduct on their part.Īlso, I find it laughable that you criticize the possibility of forking Firefox. I know that Waterfox won’t install shady stuff on my computer from afar, I don’t have that trust when it comes to Mozilla. I know that Firefox is the technical foundation of Waterfox, and I would use Firefox if it only treated its users in an ethical way. One that doesn’t install shady extensions like Cliqz and Mr Robot without my prior consent, Like Mozilla Firefox does. That being said, I want an ethical browser, one that doesn’t spy on me. Mozilla pays them, and their wages are not exactly shabby. Those who will want to install from non AMO sources legit extensions that Mozilla abusively banned using their signature system, like recently a legit Translation addon, will still be able to do it.įinally, another good point for those who understood what Mozilla has become, is that it won’t contribute to Mozilla’s revenue by sure I understand? I never said that Firefox developers shouldn’t get paid. There are other minor differences, like the ability to run NPAPI plugins, and to run the few classic extensions that have been modified to be able to run in Waterfox current.Īnd there is the ability to override the Mozilla add-on signature requirement, which is going to become a strategic advantage for Waterfox in the future now that Mozilla has shown recently that they never intended to limit the use of this signature system to the eviction of malicious extensions. I wouldn’t trust them to fully stop doing that just because I unticked a box. Remember that their data collection system includes the ability for Mozilla to remotely change your settings or download new code to your browser between updates, which is bad enough, and that they even abused that system. And there is probably much more of the unjustified data collection that they just don’t call like that and that can’t be disabled at all in Firefox. The infamous “Telemetry coverage” experiment proved that telemetry will be collected even after being opted out of in Firefox, and without the users being informed of it (much less being asked consent). This is also a sign that the author is more trustworthy and less likely to do the shady tricks Mozilla did in Firefox, like the Cliqz spyware, the Mr Robot ads, and many others.įurthermore, only part of telemetry can be opted out of in Firefox. This is also pressuring Mozilla by showing them that users will use another browser as a protest against their behavior.
But a software that is more private out of the box is better, for those who don’t know, and also as a matter of principle.
“Current will be a Firefox clone with telemetry disabled by default.
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