My Thoughts on the Firefox situation

  • I’ve used Firefox since it was Mosaic, and when it was called Netscape Navigator.

  • I agree that the removal of the promise not to sell your data is bad, and the new EULA is bad.

  • I worry about the long term product development of Firefox

  • I question the role of the fork in development, meaning I don’t know how much they can do on their own without Firefox proper.

  • Firefox sync is an important feature to me. I’m open to self-hosting but not losing it.

  • I’m open to new browsers for the future, but this is a huge effort.

  • Brave is NOT the solution. No way, no how.

  • We need an alternative to Webkit based browsers.

  • Firefox will have lessons for us about FLOSS sustainability. We don’t know what those lessons are yet.

#Mozilla #Firefox

  • פְּרִי@babka.social
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    2 months ago

    @serge@babka.social Yes!
    What I said is more of an observation that the general availability of tech is toxic, there are ways out of it, and you and I can probably navigate it Better than Most.
    Actually, Kudos to you (and many Fedi-hosts) for making that escape possible for more than yourself.
    I’m much more than happy to hear what you have to say on this!