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Mozilla removes ad-tracking code from Firefox
- M95D 2y agoI'm so biased by the recent FF news that now I wonder if they removed it because they started to listen to the users and take privacy seriously, or they just stopped caring altogether about the users and they don't need these analytics anymore.
- bschmidt1 2y agoThis is Android-specific news. Desktop users interested in a privacy-first Firefox should try Waterfox https://www.waterfox.net/ https://www.waterfox.net/
- captn3m0 2y agoAlso Firefox Focus for iOS. https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios/pull/21524 https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios/pull/21524 seems to the relevant PR.
- st3fan 2y agoI think it was removed from Focus for iOS much longer ago https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-ios/pull/1720 https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-ios/pull/1720
- m463 2y agohmmm... I just tried waterfox and it immediately tried to connect to: accounts.firefox.com:443 aus1.waterfox.net:443 aus5.mozilla.org:443 firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com:443 ciscobinary.openh264.org:80 location.services.mozilla.com:443 push.services.mozilla.com:443 redirector.gvt1.com:443 services.addons.mozilla.org:443 shavar.services.mozilla.com:443
- ktosobcy 2y agoI would love for Mozilla to allow private tabs without whole private window... (I know about multi-tab containers but they have their issues)
- RDaneel0livaw 2y agoor LibreWolf? I wonder which is better for the "normal" person who just wants a more privacy first ff?
- bogwog 2y agoAnd specifically about removing a single SDK, not removing ad-tracking altogether (which is kind of implied from the title). Mozilla has been trying for years to monetize Firefox through ads, so I don't think people should be reading into this change too much, especially since it happened without any kind of announcement. If it were a pro-privacy decision, the marketing people would be milking this move for all they can.
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