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1. Crimso+V6[view] [source] 2023-05-25 23:29:03
>>ReadCa+(OP)
From the link:

https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/browser/components/n...

"Messaging System"

"Vision"

"Firefox must be an opinionated user agent that keeps folks safe, informed and effective while browsing the Web. In order to have an opinion, Firefox must have a voice."

"That voice will respect the user’s attention while surfacing contextually relevant and timely information tailored to their individual needs and choices."

Somewhere in all of these companies exists the belligerent ** who orders the subordinates to inject inappropriate profit-seeking changes into the product. And then cajole/order/encourage another subordinate to write a florid virtuous editorial justifying their belligerent idea.

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2. dreamc+kw[view] [source] 2023-05-26 03:14:03
>>Crimso+V6
I just installed Firefox on a new machine today. The number of switches I had to manually turn off to make it not collect data from me and not show me ads was surprisingly large. And even though I turned off all the ones I saw, I don't know if it was a complete solution.

I really don't want to use Chrome. Please stop with the enshittification, Firefox.

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3. userbi+ux[view] [source] 2023-05-26 03:25:54
>>dreamc+kw
And even though I turned off all the ones I saw, I don't know if it was a complete solution.

Look in about:config if you haven't already, and take a grep through the source for the full list of settings that you can adjust. It is indeed disturbingly large and the majority of them aren't officially documented either.

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4. musica+Lna[view] [source] 2023-05-29 19:42:15
>>userbi+ux
> Look in about:config ... it is indeed disturbingly large and the majority of them aren't officially documented either.

It really is an insane situation. What is up with Firefox's stealth anti-privacy and spammy marketing features controlled by hidden, undocumented settings that are set to (violate privacy and spam me) by default?

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5. accoun+Jsc[view] [source] 2023-05-30 14:28:54
>>musica+Lna
What's up is that Firefox is not an open source project (the source is open, the project is not) and Mozilla is an advertisement company. The ad slot is the default search engine and you are the product being sold to Google. This is how advertisement companies behave. They don't care about you. They collect all the data they can, legally or not.
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