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      I just shifted my entire workspace from brave to waterfox a few weeks ago! Now I have to do it again…

      I know Librewolf exists, but I have reserved it for only personal and private use. I also know I could use containers too but my work use requires websites where I need the canvas API and DRM, and I don’t want to unharden my Librewolf installation for them which is why I want to store my ‘work’ workspace in a separate browser altogether. Is there some other Firefox fork I could use for desktop?

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      Enjoy your AI, slopper.

      Alex Kontos returned the project to being independent and seperate from System1 in 2023.

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    Using “them” instead of being precise, leaves who the party tracking you is up to the imagination of the reader, which in turn just makes it sound paranoid.

    How did the Firefox devs come up with “let’s not ask our users where they are, and just track them without asking them first.”?

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      I think it’s pretty clear in this case that the FIREFOX code sending a geo-IP request to MOZILLA’S SERVERS was being used by FIREFOX.

      And if not, then skill issue.

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        Not for nothing, but you can’t dictate how communication is interpreted by the recipient. And if you’re wondering what I mean by that remark I’ll refer you to consult the votes.

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    Waterfox bypassed my ad blocking DNS and served me ads. I uninstalled it, not gonna try it again until they get serious about privacy.

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      Thats weird because I run it with uBlock Origin and the only time I’ve ever seen an ad was after a site updated and uBlock had yet to adapt to it yet.

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    Between 2019 and 2023, Waterfox was owned by advertising company System1.

    So be careful of Waterfox if you agree more with Bill Hicks when it comes to advertising.

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      This is like the third account I’ve seen make this claim, are these bots?

      Alex Kontos returned the project to being independent and seperate from System1 in 2023.

      This update removes AI and anti-privacy features that Firefox built in. If you’re against that then you’re a worthless tech bro.