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[Mozilla Blog] Introducing a terms of use and updated privacy notice for Firefox (blog.mozilla.org)
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We’re introducing a Terms of Use for Firefox for the first time, along with an updated Privacy Notice.

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[–] Limonene@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What if I do not accept the terms? Can I disable whatever features (or antifeatures) necessitate these terms?

Can I compile from source to avoid the terms? If not, then Firefox non-free software, so I'll use a fork of the last free release. If so, then I will compile it from source, disabling the terms if necessary.

When do the terms become effective? Can I use the previous LTS version to avoid the terms?

I want to ask them all these questions, but I don't know where.

[–] kbal@fedia.io 9 points 5 months ago

I'm fairly sure you'll be able to avoid accepting the "terms of use" just as you can avoid all the other usual Firefox bullshit — telemetry, pocket, A/B testing, sponsored links, ad attribution, and so on — by messing around with the configuration in one way or another.

Switching to one of the forks for me is just a statement that I don't trust Mozilla any more and want to put a little more distance between me and them, not really of immediate practical benefit. It's also only a temporary respite, at the rate things are going Mozilla might not exist at all in a few years. Hopefully Servo will be ready by then.