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   @BjornW@mastodon.social (bjornw@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Feb-2025 19:33:35 JST @BjornW@mastodon.social

   • Mozilla

   Well, that was quick!

   I wrote about about my disappointment with @mozillaofficial changes:

   https://mastodon.social/@BjornW/114032743031437841

   Seems they were just starting 🙄

   Read
   https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-terms-of-use/

   Check
   - https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/terms/firefox/

   - https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/firefox/#notice

   Consider other Open Source apps you may use: aren't you sad that these lack ToS & Privacy legalese?

   My advise: move away from Mozilla.

   They have lost my trust.

   1/N

   #Tech #OpenSource #Mozilla #FireFox #Privacy #Surveillance #Security #CyberSecurity

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     @BjornW@mastodon.social (bjornw@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Feb-2025 19:33:34 JST @BjornW@mastodon.social

     in reply to

     Some red flags: 🚩

     🚩"Mozilla grants you a personal, non-exclusive license to install and use the “Executable Code" version of the Firefox web browser, which is the ready-to-run version of Firefox from an authorized source that you can open and use right away."

     I wonder:
     For how long will Mozilla Firefox stay Open Source? It seems the ToS apply only to the executable of an authorized source. Anyone compiling their own seems out of scope of these ToS?

     2/N

     #OpenSource #Tech #Mozilla #Firefox

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     @BjornW@mastodon.social (bjornw@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Feb-2025 19:33:34 JST @BjornW@mastodon.social

     in reply to

     🚩 You give Mozilla all rights necessary to operate Firefox, including processing data as [..] in the Firefox Privacy Notice, as well as acting on your behalf to help you navigate the internet. When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox.

     3/N

     Why is this needed now after so many years?

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     Cadu Silva :v_fb: (cadusilva@bolha.one)'s status on Thursday, 27-Feb-2025 19:33:34 JST Cadu Silva :v_fb:

     in reply to

     @BjornW now (more than ever) they wish to be Google, by being not only a browser but a advertising and IA company. So they need data.

     I'm not defending them, I understand that they need money, but pushing away their user base is not the way.

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     Cadu Silva :v_fb: (cadusilva@bolha.one)'s status on Thursday, 27-Feb-2025 20:05:59 JST Cadu Silva :v_fb:

     in reply to

     @BjornW and I must agree with you too, they're following a very stupid path.

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     @BjornW@mastodon.social (bjornw@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Feb-2025 20:06:00 JST @BjornW@mastodon.social

     in reply to

     • Cadu Silva :v_fb:

     @cadusilva I agree with your assessment. However they will not be able to compete with bigtech & will alienate all their long-time supporters. There are other ways to stay afloat without burning all bridges and goodwill created over the years. This current strategy is mindbogglingly stupid & makes me wonder if it's intentional destructive.