I'm glad we have #Abrowser and #Trisquel so as to neatly sidestep this whole #Mozilla mess. #FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom

Me: Please don't use Chromium-based browsers, use Firefox instead. Google has way too much control over the web because of Chromium and they'll be sure to leverage that in order to benefit themselves.

Chromium: Hey all, we're getting rid of ad-blockers because it's cutting into our record-breaking revenue! I mean, uh, we're deprecating Manifest V2 for, uh, security. Yeah.

Me: See? Please use Firefox. ​

Mozilla: Hey friends, AI is really cool! *steps on rake* Hey friends, we're making an ads business! *steps on rake* Hey friends, we have a ToS with either the most nefarious or the most incompetent language ever! *steps on rake* Also AI is cool!!!

Me: ... ​ I hate it here.

#Mozilla #Firefox #Google #Chrome #Chromium #FOSS

With the latest debacle around #Firefox and #Mozilla. How is this affecting #Thunderbird ?

@thelinuxEXP I really want #Mozilla to become financially independent from Google. I want a browser manufacturer who believes in the optimistic vision of the internet, which we had before unsocial media.

But if they sacrifice this vision, there is nothing which keeps me at #Firefox.

Anyway, as Linux users, we should also not forget, that the Terms of Usage don't apply to us. We have no business with Mozilla. Our Firefox is provided by Fedora, Ubuntu etc. We never ever agreed to the TOS.

I’ve been contacted by someone close to the #Mozilla story. They’ll gather some more info and we’ll record an interview to shed light on how this came to be, and what’s being done to try and improve things at Mozilla from the inside.

Stay tuned!

Quick, less edited video to talk about the #Mozilla and #Firefox issue with their recent terms of use, and lackluster explanations:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc96ISKh2OM

Mozilla rewrites Firefox's Terms of Use after user backlash

Link: https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/03/mozilla-rewrites-firefoxs-terms-of-use-after-user-backlash/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43251762

#firefox #mozilla

Trust in Firefox and Mozilla Is Gone – Let's Talk Alternatives

Link: https://boilingsteam.com/poll-trust-in-firefox-mozilla-is-gone/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43229378

#firefox #mozilla

Mozilla CEO made around 7 million USD last year, but hosting bills are pending. Now, they updated the ToS, and you can't watch p0rn, or your data will be sold, or they no longer care about the orignal mission, etc. Once again, we see C-suits lose their grip on reality. As long as they are getting paid in millions, software projects can go to /dev/null. It is like they want to ruin the project on purpose. There is no other explanation I can think of. Can you?

#opensource #firefox #mozilla

Mozilla flamed by Firefox fans after reneging on promises to not sell their data

Link: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/02/mozilla_introduces_terms_of_use/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43229668

#firefox #mozilla

@hn50

Keep using it. Install a Pi-hole in your network and block everything you don't like.

#firefox #mozilla

What, if anything, should I do about using Mozilla's Firefox

Link: https://neilzone.co.uk/2025/03/what-if-anything-should-i-do-about-using-mozillas-firefox/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43229267

#firefox #mozilla

Mozilla site down due to "overdue hosting payments"

Link: https://linuxmom.net/@vkc/114089626244932902
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43226089

#mozilla

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

An Update on Mozilla's Terms of Use for Firefox

Link: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/update-on-terms-of-use/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43213612

#firefox #mozilla

I can't blame a single person for switching to a #Firefox fork today (or last month!). I may do so myself.

But just remember that those forks exist because of the hard work of engineers at #Mozilla (in spite of the continual idiocy of the management).

If Mozilla folds tomorrow, what happens to the forks?

Maybe someone with deep pockets like the Linux Foundation will step up and continue maintaining Firefox and keeping it up-to-date with current web "standards" (sarcastic laugh)?

It's not a good day for the free and open web. :(

A Comment on Mozilla's Policy Changes

Link: https://www.waterfox.net/blog/a-comment-on-mozilla-changes/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43204376

#mozilla

Mozilla deletes promise to never sell Firefox data

Link: https://twitter.com/LundukeJournal/status/1895249805338886591
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43203096

#firefox #mozilla

Mozilla introduces a Terms of Use agreement for Firefox

Link: https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/information-about-the-new-terms-of-use-and-updated-privacy/m-p/87735#M33600
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43201869

#firefox #mozilla

Mozilla owns "information you input through Firefox"

Link: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/terms/firefox/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43200065

#firefox #mozilla

Mozilla's New Terms of Use Are Out of Step with Firefox's Direct Competition

Link: https://www.quippd.com/writing/2025/02/26/mozillas-new-terms-of-use-are-out-of-step-with-firefoxs-direct-competition.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43194536

#firefox #mozilla

PSA: I have happily been using Librewolf (a privacy focused non-Mozilla fork of Firefox) for almost a year. Better defaults, user-hostile fuckery removed.

Try it!

https://librewolf.net/

#mozilla #firefox #librewolf

A Brief History of Code Signing at Mozilla

Link: https://hearsum.ca/posts/history-of-code-signing-at-mozilla/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42975436

#mozilla

So let me get it right: #Mozilla shut down their #Mastodon instance and are now promoting that https://freeourfeeds.com/ #BlueSky communitywashing attempt? Oh #FreeOurFeeds is also backed by that #SWF #SocialWebFoundation who can count as partners that same #MetaPlatformsInc owned by that same #MarkZuckerberg that “has gone full #ElonMusk” allegedly triggering the FOF in the first place

What a bunch of #hypocrites

Orbit. Mozilla's AI Assistant for Firefox

Link: https://orbitbymozilla.com/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42555440

#firefox #mozilla