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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Can someone cue (or is it queue? que?) me in on what all the fuzz is this time around? I feel like I hear a pitchfork mob at least once a year without actually noticing anything different.

Just for the record: I'm not claiming that there's much ado about nothing, merely that I am severely out of the loop as usual.

[–] Lightfire228@pawb.social 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Firefox is the biggest non-chromium browser competitor, and was an advocate of privacy and not selling user data

But they recently did a 180, started selling user data, and are now shoving FF full of AI bloatware nobody wants

So the userbase is feeling very betrayed

[–] morto@piefed.social 14 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Wait, selling user data? What did I miss?

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Their argument is “we’re not selling your data, we’re selling our data about you.”

[–] Lightfire228@pawb.social 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

https://youtu.be/4litc5DxoHQ

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

TL;DR Mozilla doesn’t sell data about you (in the way that most people think about “selling data”), and we don’t buy data about you. We changed our language because some jurisdictions define “sell” more broadly than most people would usually understand that word. Firefox has built-in privacy and security features, plus options that let you fine-tune your data settings.

https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/d459addab846d8144b61939b7f4310eb80c5470e#diff-a24e74e4595fa85440a2f4e7e5dcfe68aba6e1e593aef05a2d35581a91423847R59

Removing "no we will never sell your data" from your Q/A page is not a good look

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

AFAIK an exaggeration. They are promoting "privacy respecting ad metrics".

[–] Lightfire228@pawb.social 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's not an exaggeration

They are selling user data for profit. It's anonymized sure, but it's still selling user data

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 11 points 1 day ago

Oh. So they are. Thanks.

[–] BeN9o@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The new CEO has said he wants to turn Firefox into a "modern day AI browser"

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 35 points 1 day ago

He also said he doesn’t want to but they could make $150m/year by blocking ad blockers.

I get that he said he doesn’t want to, but that really should have been a non starter train of thought.

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

it's "clue" me in on. But "cue" does make sense, from an "eggcorn" perspective. It's not the phrase, but it makes sense.

[–] valek879@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

It's also "fuss" not "fuzz" but like no biggie, most people can pick up meanings from context clues.

[–] solarvector@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Clue me in" is the idiom. Que is closer than queue, if you were an actor and needed a hint on where to go next.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A cue is a marker point, usually for media production. It can be used in several contexts.

Queue would be a line, more or less.

I'm being reductive, of course. Just trying to help people who are too lazy to Google or look at a dictionary.

[–] Rubanski@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Queue is also the playing stick used in billiards Edit: Queue

[–] moody@lemmings.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In French, yes. In English, it's a pool cue.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

They should probably speak French if they're going to use the French term.