Vitaly@feddit.uk to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agoWhy do you use firefox?upload.wikimedia.orgimagemessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: foss@beehaw.orglinux@lemmy.mlasklemmy@lemmy.ml
arrow-up170arrow-down1imageWhy do you use firefox?upload.wikimedia.orgVitaly@feddit.uk to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square50fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: foss@beehaw.orglinux@lemmy.mlasklemmy@lemmy.ml
minus-squareapprehentice@lemmy.enchanted.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·2 years agoIt’s not Chrome or Chromium derived. Google has incentives to mine me for data. Mozilla, not so much. I don’t trust Mozilla completely, but I certainly trust them more than Google to have my best interest at heart.
minus-squarejarfil@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoMozilla is mostly funded by Google: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-05-05/why-google-keeps-paying-mozilla-s-firefox-even-as-chrome-dominates
It’s not Chrome or Chromium derived. Google has incentives to mine me for data. Mozilla, not so much. I don’t trust Mozilla completely, but I certainly trust them more than Google to have my best interest at heart.
Mozilla is mostly funded by Google:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-05-05/why-google-keeps-paying-mozilla-s-firefox-even-as-chrome-dominates