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Why Firefox: Mozilla is one of the only 'tech giant' type entities that has stuck to user-first, privacy-preserving, tech-advancing values. It refuses to sell out, is not-for-profit, takes community contributions & builds in public

meanwhile, Chrome: blocks uBlock Origin. Secretly collects data when you use Incognito.

stake responsibly // be a kind human // slomad

Chiang Mai, Mueang Chiang Mai District, Chiang Mai, Thailand

i haven't kept up to date with firefox/mozilla nor used it in years after someone pointed out (the otherwise obvious fact) that too many of the privacy-preserving features were opt-in which undermines what they advertise as. wonder if things are better now. other accusations were also on being funded by surv. tech

both of these things sound like rumors designed to undermine their reputation imo. Tracking protection, DNS over HTTPS, and fingerprint blocking are all on by default. Would be curious if you know of anything concrete or data-backed that would harm my view of them

excellent read - no contention with the assertion that Firefox's focus is user privacy and it's not as strong as Chrome in security. I *will*, however, point out that anticompetitive practices that aim for monopoly (which Google is certainly guilty of) often lead to a concentration of developers and cash

https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/firefox-chromium.html

re: privacy settings- i wouldn't recall how things were couple of years back, but i know i had to go through the privacytools config guide for advanced privacy (one that i recall was setting DNT to true) which wouldn't be quite handy for most users. perhaps more settings are default now 1/2