e0qdk@reddthat.com to Firefox@lemmy.world · 4 months agoMozilla is removing "Does Firefox sell your personal data?" in anticpation of ToS changegithub.comexternal-linkmessage-square62linkfedilinkarrow-up1191arrow-down130
arrow-up1161arrow-down1external-linkMozilla is removing "Does Firefox sell your personal data?" in anticpation of ToS changegithub.come0qdk@reddthat.com to Firefox@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square62linkfedilink
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months agoHopefully, someone would pick up the slack.
minus-squareporous_grey_matter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10·4 months agoHopefully, but it is a huge project, it is really hard to overstate just how much work it is. There are a few hundred very good programmers working on FF full-time at Mozilla. To be a community project it would have to be thousands of people.
minus-square_cryptagion [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoWhat a coincidence, we happen to have thousands of independent developers who use Linux and Firefox every day!
minus-square_cryptagion [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoBecause Firefox is the default browser on virtually all Linux distros, and has a nearly rabid fanbase among Linux users.
Hopefully, someone would pick up the slack.
Hopefully, but it is a huge project, it is really hard to overstate just how much work it is. There are a few hundred very good programmers working on FF full-time at Mozilla. To be a community project it would have to be thousands of people.
What a coincidence, we happen to have thousands of independent developers who use Linux and Firefox every day!
How is Linux related here?
Because Firefox is the default browser on virtually all Linux distros, and has a nearly rabid fanbase among Linux users.