How Mozilla Ruined Firefox
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Firefox used to be on top of the world with almost a third of all internet users using Firefox. These days, they make up a pitiful 2.7% of the market share. ...

Actually pretty good video.

  • Search engine
  • Google location service instead of their own (which they quit)
  • FakeSpot & Pocket collecting crazy personalized data

Also info about difference between Mozilla Corporation and MZLA Nonprofit.

If you donate to Mozilla, nothing goes to Firefox. Instead they host petitions and beg big tech companies to be more transparent.

They dont focus on old users at all, and it seems they are unable to implement basic stuff.

I still recommend using Firefox, but with the Arkenfox userJS.

Or just use Librewolf.

Firefox is not usable. And dont donate to Mozilla I guess.

  • shrugal@lemm.ee
    54·
    9 months ago

    The video is probably factually correct, but very disingenuous with its interpretations and conclusions imo.

    Of course Mozilla and Firefox have their own share of problems and bad decisions, and they are pretty well known and talked about from what I’ve seen, but equating it to Google and Chrome is just pure cynicism. Mozilla having to earn money somehow (1% donations!) and Google trying to maximize profits at all costs is not the same thing, even if it might look similar sometimes.

    • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.netOP
      104·
      9 months ago

      Yes, the result is: FF is the only thing we have. I tried to manually ungoogle Chromium, it sucks. Brave is shady, Vivaldi too.

      Use Torbrowser, Librewolf, Arkenfox, Mullvadbrowser and contribute and donate.

        • Sips'@slrpnk.net
          3·
          8 months ago

          AFAIK, just that it isn’t fully open source. It is source available however, but that’s not the same. It’s sad that they dont go through with it as Vivaldi is by far the most feature rich browser out there.