@gme agreed; same experience; mozilla sus AF lol

I'm rooting for #Mozilla to buy #Chrome. Given Mozilla's track record, a couple years after, there will be no viable web browsers. Nature will begin to heal. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life.

Niemand:

Absolut niemand:

Mozilla: Hallo, wir haben mehr "AI" in unseren Browser gepackt!

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/ai/ai-tech/ai-link-previews-firefox/

Mozilla open-source tools help developers build ethical AI datasets https://www.developer-tech.com/news/mozilla-open-source-tools-help-developers-build-ethical-ai-datasets/ #mozilla #developers #opensource #ethics #ai #tech #news #technology

Somehow my main #Firefox instance lost the auth tokens with the #Mozilla account. It asks for a new login, but when I try, it sends me an email with a code that I must use before a 5m timeout, but for some reason the mail takes more than 5m to reach my inbox. Took me several attempts to get it right.

It then asked me to generate a recovery key, suggested me to store it on my password manager, and then this: It asks for a hint that will be presented to you to help you remember where you put it.

Google needs strong measures imposed on it to prevent it from using artificial intelligence to extend its dominance in online search, a U.S. Department of Justice attorney says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/22/tech/google-search-monopoly-doj-trial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #mozilla #verizon #apple #alphabet #google #doj

#Mozilla is launching an urgent campaign targeting 30 key websites and services currently being used as fodder for shady surveillance tech - including #Apple, #Amazon, #Google, and even #Bluesky.

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/campaigns/no-data-for-surveillance-tech

Mozilla CEO, Laura Chambers:

Some of the remedies proposed in the case risk the future of our Firefox browser and Gecko browser engine—the last remaining non-Big Tech browser engine.

In the coming weeks, we hope to see a shift to focus on remedies that can improve search competition without harming the pro-competitive role that Firefox and other independent browsers play in the ecosystem.

I’ve been saying for a while that I can’t imagine how Mozilla continues without this funding from Google. I’m not particularly opposed to the government breaking up monopolies, but this entire case doesn’t make sense. What does it look like to break out Chrome as a separate company? How could such a company make money without a search deal that has how been deemed to be illegal?

https://josh.blog/2025/04/mozillas-ceo-weighs-in-on-u-s-v-google

Alright I now regret using #Firefox. Not because #Mozilla did shoot with the source code. Because its blocker doesn't protect my #privacy. I also regret reading about ADHD on my Android phone on #Chrome or even having a normal #Android phone.

Last week I read about ADHD on the web using Android's stock Chrome, now Google ads is showing me advertisements about ADHD. Down with you Google.

If anyone cares about their privacy, they should avoid #Google like #plague It's a pity still people use the services it offers including the search engine.

The #Web has become a bad and creepy place. For now I'm switching to #LibreWolf.

Edit: Curid from Rust offtopic Matrix room suggested this:

https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/

For Firefox it says partial protection is provided and they can fingerprint my broswer.

El jodido #Firefox sigue sin coger la configuración "proxy" del sistema en #flatpak pues #Mozilla tiene esto desatendido. Detalles, pero toca la moral.

So -- the fallout. But first, Google is appealing the verdict.

When all is said and done, Mozilla and Apple are both likely to pay the price, although Apple is a big fish and can probably talk its way out of some the damages. But Mozilla is in danger. There was always that question about the implications of its intimate affair with Google.

Betanews: Google has lost its ad tech monopoly trial... and Mozilla is scared https://betanews.com/2025/04/18/google-has-lost-its-ad-tech-monopoly-trial-and-mozilla-is-scared/ @betanews @sofia_w_w #Google #Mozilla #Apple

Sadly, I'm afraid it might be too late, but… @soapdog on a #Mozilla we actually want, not what is has become:

“I think Mozilla dropped the ball.
…
I want […] a browser that is a user agent and not a browser that is silicon valey serf that sometimes behaves like a brat.

I don't want Mozilla AI, let another foundation take care of that. I want a Mozilla Labs pushing the boundaries of the IndieWeb and one that I can trust not to be part of that cursed shoal."

https://andregarzia.com/2025/04/the-mozilla-i-want-focus-on-people-and-not-ai.html

I just discovered Mozilla has made it mandatory to enable 'Send technical and interaction data to Mozilla' and 'Install and run studies' in order to have access to 'Firefox Labs'.

So far, no issues with #kubuntu 25.04 on #framework 13" AMD

The upgrade tried to force the broken #Firefox snap on me again though: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/2089159

Am I crazy for considering modifying the #Mozilla #Firefox code and recompiling just to get #emacs -like shortcuts? Even just ctrl-s for search and ctrl-w for cut (or at least turning off ctrl-w = close the window) would be huge time savers and "oops" removers.

Supposedly there are ways to add some #javascript to dirs to make these changes, but honestly, it seems more difficult than tweaking & recompiling.

Seems that extensions can't get deep enough to change some shortcuts.