jherazob@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 10 months agoFirefox plan to show ads and shopping in the near future in the browser as an opt-outbugzilla.mozilla.orgexternal-linkmessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1201arrow-down1external-linkFirefox plan to show ads and shopping in the near future in the browser as an opt-outbugzilla.mozilla.orgjherazob@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square96fedilinkfile-text
First focusing on AI and now this, already cancelled my donations, do we have a good fork to move to?
minus-squareVilianlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·10 months agolibrewolf is a fork of firefox, without firefox librewolf also gonna die
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·10 months agoThat’s not how forks work. A fork can exist independently of its upstream.
minus-squareT (they/she)@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoTrue, but you really think firefox forks would have the resources to keep up with security updates and such? Mull for one is a fork that only changes the default privacy changes and nothing more
minus-squarebelated_frog_pants@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoBy being a fork it wont die, but its true that its just a few folks running builds of mainstream work mozilla is doing
librewolf is a fork of firefox, without firefox librewolf also gonna die
and same with Mull.
That’s not how forks work. A fork can exist independently of its upstream.
True, but you really think firefox forks would have the resources to keep up with security updates and such? Mull for one is a fork that only changes the default privacy changes and nothing more
Can but how feasible is that?
By being a fork it wont die, but its true that its just a few folks running builds of mainstream work mozilla is doing