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I work for Google on ads, speaking only for myself
Ads are what fund the open web.
"Open web" is one of the Orwellian terms used by Google (and their controlled opposition - Mozilla), so it seems you aren't speaking only for yourself, eh?
Late stage corporativism...
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Well, it's almost the same thing, since Google now controls web standards (and Mozilla).
Turning Firefox into a Chrome copycat* with built-in blocklists and Tor Browser Bundle features certainly didn't make it gain more users. Mozilla should've left Brave occupy that space. Brave, Pale Moon and Vivaldi deserve praise.
* References:
1. https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/firefox-suckfest.html
2. https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/firefox-disable-australi...
3. https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/firefox-directory-tiles....
[Edit (fixing link)]: 4. https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/firefox-addons-future.ht...
Firefox has been turned into a Chrome copycat with built-in blocklists and Tor Browser Bundle features.
1. https://www.palemoon.org/technical.shtml
2. https://wiki.hyperbola.info/doku.php?id=en:project:iceweasel...
What you are saying is not accurate.
1. https://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes.shtml
Actually, I did check after posting, and they appear to do the bare minimum--port the posted CVEs, which won't even account for all the security bugs
If you actually read the release notes, you wouldn't say this.
randomly backport patches purely to try to keep somewhat up-to-date on JS or DOM features
It's not "random", inform yourself: https://www.palemoon.org/roadmap.shtml
These are signs of the upcoming global economic crisis. Companies funded by the FED are simply not sustainable.
R.I.P. Opera. Long live Pale Moon, Brave, Vivaldi and WebkitGTK. Chrome, Firefox and Edge could go f--k themselves.
Killed by Mozilla...
Safari lags behind Chrome because Apple's business model doesn't depend on it.
Google controls web standards and Mozilla, so Firefox won't save the web. Mozilla didn't make anything to fight against DRM.
HN itself wasn't affected by JS in the life of HN readers, LOL
Waterfox doesn't really have a future. However, Pale Moon has redundancy in terms of developers and a maintained XUL platform.
Then we would lose a company that pretends to care about privacy while doing the opposite, thereby allowing actually ethical organizations to grow.
No need for you to be rude either. Many people are on the autism spectrum, so it's not necessarily due to bad faith.
Mostly by Firefox fanboys, who don't see that Firefox has been turned into a Chrome copycat with built-in blocklists and TBB features.
It's probably because overload of long-term memory is related to Alzheimer's and other dementia: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/12269167_Does_longe...
But some items such as privacy.ResistFingerprinting will probably be added to the GUI, as they are related to the Tor Uplift project.
Waterfox doesn't really have a future. However, Pale Moon has a maintained XUL platform and redundancy in terms of developers.
I am using firefox and I dismiss Brave because Chrome already is a monopoly. Firefox only has a tiny minority in total traffic
The only solution is to create a new web standards organization, since Google controls W3C. For example, WebAssembly has a lot of privacy issues.
Herd mentality much?
Which fingerprinting test? If it's like panopticlick.eff.org, then isn't accurate.
Provide evidence.
I don't even use Brave, I just wanted to demonstrate the hate against Brave coming from Firefox fanboys.
Isn't it better to search for technical questions and corresponding answers on Q&A websites?
But most people use Chrome, which is proprietary, not Chromium.
Yet, it uses Chromium, which contributes to Google’s dominance over the web — pushing developers to further neglect Firefox and other browsers as a target.
The only solution is to create a new web standards organization, since Google controls W3C. For instance, WebAssembly has a lot of privacy issues.